{{Short description|English landowner and Whig politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} '''William Palmes''' (c. 1638–1718), of Lindley, North Yorkshire and Ashwell, Rutland was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1668 and 1713.
== Early life and family == thumbnail|right|William Palmes of Lindley Palmes was the second son of Sir Brian Palmes and his wife Mary Tevery, the daughter of Gervase Tevery of Stapleford.<ref name = HOP>{{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/palmes-william-1638 | title= PALMES, William (b.c.1638), of Lindley, Yorks. and Ashwell, Rutland.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1660-1690)| accessdate = 16 April 2013 }}</ref> He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford between 7 November 1655 and 1659.<ref name=ALUM>{{cite web |url = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1104-1131 |title= Pace-Payton in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 1104-1131 | author= Foster, Joseph |publisher= British History Online| accessdate = 19 July 2019 }}</ref> He succeeded his brother to the family estates in 1657. On 15 July 1663 he married the Hon. Mary Eure, younger daughter and co-heiress of William Eure (d.1645) of Malton, 6th Baron Eure.<ref name=HOP/>
== Political career== Palmes was appointed High Sheriff of Rutland for May–November 1662. He was elected MP for Malton in a by-election on 6 October 1668 and was subsequently returned as MP for Malton until 1681.<ref name=HOP/> He was returned again for Malton at the 1689 English general election and held the seat until the 1713 British general election.<ref name = HOP2>{{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/palmes-william-1638-1716 | title= PALMES, William (c.1638-1716), of Lindley, Yorks. and Ashwell, Rutland| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)| accessdate = 18 July 2019 }}</ref>
==Death and legacy== Palmes fell into financial difficulties and sold the manor of Malton in 1713. Little is known of his last years, but he may have been in the Fleet prison, as he was buried at St Martin, Ludgate on 5 February 1716. He and his wife had four sons and four daughters, but were survived by just one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet, of Boynton.<ref name=HOP2/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|en}} {{s-bef | before = Thomas Hebblethwaite | before2 = Sir Thomas Gower }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Malton | years = 1668–1681 | with = Sir Thomas Gower 1668-1673 | with2 = James Hebblethwaite 1673-1679 | with3 = Sir Watkinson Payler 1679-1681 }} {{s-aft | after = Hon. Thomas Fairfax | after2 = Thomas Worsley }} {{s-bef | before = Hon. Thomas Fairfax | before2 = Thomas Worsley }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Malton | years = 1689–1707 | with = Sir William Strickland 1689-1698 | with2 = Thomas Worsley 1698-1701 | with3 =Sir William Strickland 1701-1707 }} {{s-aft | after = Parliament of Great Britain }} {{s-par|gb}} {{s-bef | before = Parliament of England }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Malton | years = 1707–1713 | with = Sir William Strickland 1707-1708 | with2 = William Strickland 1708-1713 }} {{s-aft | after = Thomas Watson-Wentworth | after2 = William Strickland }} {{s-end}}
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