Probably Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne; John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley and one unknown sitter Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Probably Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne; John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley and one unknown sitter NPG D41940
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
A successful equity lawyer, Roundell Palmer entered Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1847, where he served as Solicitor General and Attorney General. He joined the Peelite Conservatives who in 1859 created the Liberal party. Palmer was appointed Lord Chancellor by Gladstone in 1872 and was created Baron Selborne. His first tenure in the office saw the passage of the Judicature Act of 1873, which completely reorganized the judiciary. He served in the same office in Gladstone's Second Cabinet (1880-5), and was created... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










