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 SELBORNE. 105 SELBORNE. Barony. /. "lit. Hon. Sir KousDBLL Palmek, Kut., Chancellor j liS y._. (if Great Britain," was itr, 23 Oct 1872, BAUON SELBORNE of Selborne, co. Southampton. He Was 2d s. of tlie [lev. William Earldom. Joeelyn Palmer, B.D., Rector of Mixbury ami Fimnere, co. Oxon, by I 1 sl^o Dorothea Richardson, da. of the Rev. William Rounoell, of Gled- l* IWMi stone, co. York ; was b. 27 Nov. ami bap. it Dee. 1812, at Mixbury afsd. ; ed. at Rugby and Winchester; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 3 May 1830, where, during Ids distinguished eareer( a ) he was Scholar of Trim Coll., 1830-34 ; Latin Verse, 1831 ; English Verse and Ireland Scholar, 1S32 ; First Class (Classics) and B.A., 1834 ; Fellow of .Mag. Coll., 1S34-48 ; Eldon Law Scholar, 1834 ; Latin Essay, 1835; M.A., 183d; Hon. Fellow of Mag. Coll., 1862, being cr. D.C.L., 2 July ISO;!, ami made Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. in 1867 ; Dep. Steward of the Univ. pf Oxford, 1S.V2, and Steward thereof, 1892. In his legal and political career he was Barrister (Line. Inn), 1837 ; M.P. for Plymouth, 1847-62 and 1853-57 ; for Richmond, 18til-72 ; Queen's Counsel, 1848 i Bencher of Line. Inn, 1849; Solicitor-General, 1 8t> 1 -<J3, being Knighted, 5 Aug. 1S61 ; Attorney General, 1S63, till he resigned that post, July 1866 ;( b ; Counsel for the decision of the British claims uuder the Washington treaty in 1S71 ; P.C., 1872 ; LoltD Cua.ncei.lor, 1872-71, being railed to the peerage, as above, accordingly. He was L. Rector of the Univ. of St. Andrews, 1877, and was, for the second time, Loud Chancellor, 1880-85, being cr. 30 lie.;. 1882, VISCOUNT WOLMER OF BLACICMOOU, co. Southampton, and HAUL OF SELBORNE, in the said county. Hon. LL.l). of Cambridge, 18S8. He m. 2 Feb. 1848, at All Souls, Langham Tlace, Laura, 3d but 1st surv. tin, of William (Waldegrave), 8th Eari Waldegrave, by his first wife, Eliza- beth, da. of Samuel Wuitiiread. She. who was b. 17 March 1821, d. 10 April 1 8S">, from congestion of the lungs, at 20 Portland Place, and was bur. at Black- moor, Hants, lie rf. at his residence at Rlackmoor afsd., 4, and was bur. as above 8 May 1895, aged S2.( c ) Estate duty on £96,039 gross and £57,751 net. II. li>'J5. ft William Waldegrave (Palmer), Earl of Seluorne [1882], Viscount Wolmkr of Blackmoor [1SS2], and Baron Sklbohne [1S72], only s. and h., 4. at 20 Portland Place, 17 Oct. 1S59, and bap. at All Souls, Langham Place; ed. at Winchester ami at Univ. Coll., Oxford; styled Viscount Wolmkr, 1882-95; Assistant Private Sec. to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1SS2S5; H.A. (let Class History), 1882; M.P. for East Hampshire, 1888-92, and for West Edinburgh, 1S92-95 ; sac. to the peerage, as above, 4 May 1895, on which occasion, he delayed to apply for his writ of summons, and (accordingly) claimed to retain Ins seat in the House of Commons, but was judged by that body to be incapable of doiug so.('') He m. 27 Oct. 1SS3, at St. Andrew's, Well street, Maryloboue, Beatrix Maud, 1st da. of Robert Arthur Talbot (Gascovne-Cecil), 3d Marquess of Salisbury, by Ueorgina Caroline, da of Sir Edward Hall Alderson, one of the Barona of the Court of Exchequer. She was b. 11 April 1858. (") Contrast his Oxford career with that of Lord Coleridge, Chief Justice, but eight years his junior, which, save for taking the ordinary degrees, was a total blank. ( b ) His disapprobation of the measures for the abolition of the established church of Ireland, then being forwarded by the Gladstone Government, was the cause. (°) "One of the most illustrious Advocates and Judges of the century, qualified to take rank with the legal worthies of any age ... a pattern and standard of high-minded dignified public life. . . As a moderate Conservative he stood for Plymouth in 1817. He entered Pari, as a moderate Liberal, 1861. . . sacrificing ambition, he opposed the Irish Church Bill with force and effect. Not the least remarkable episode in his career was his appearance before the Tribunal at Geneva, as Counsel for the English Government. For this service it is reported he was ottered a fee of £30,000, which it is understood he declined to accept. . . He was among the first to protest against [Irish] Home Rule in any form. . . His private life was stately and rich in good deeds." [" The Times," 8 May 1895.] ( d ) This novel proceeding caused great discussion and gave rise to an amusing cai tuou in " Punch,"