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Charles Nicholas Pallmer, Party Host
Charles Nicholas Pallmer, Party Host
Charles Nicholas Pallmer originally made his fortune in the sugar plantations of the West Indies. He owned Norbiton House, an impressive mansion in Kingston. It was here that he entertained his many political friends, including the Duke of Clarence, whose wife opened Kingston's new stone bridge in 1828, and George IV when he was Prince Regent.
Detail from Charles Nicholas Pallmer's portrait in Kingston's Guildhall. Photograph by Jane Alexander.
Pallmer was especially interested in charitable causes, helping to set up a public subscription school in Kingston in 1817/18. He was also chairman of the 'Kingston Association for Bettering the Conditions and Morals of the Poor.'
In 1826 he became MP for Surrey, but fortune turned against him and he died in financial exile in France in 1848.
Election celebrations for Charles Nicholas Pallmer in Kingston Market Place
Norbiton House