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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Palmer | | First Name(s) | William | | Birth Year | 1780 | | Death Year | 1867 | | Entry | Born 1780 : son of General William Palmer, Military Secretary to Warren Hastings : brother of John Palmer (q.v.) : founded, 1814, the great banking-house of Palmer & Co. at Hyderabad, in which the Rumbolds were partners : his heavy financial transactions with the Nizam ended in his ruin, and in the censure of the Governor-General : died 1867. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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