Roundell Palmer's Memorials

Roundell Palmer was son of William Jocelyn Palmer, Rector of Mixbury and Finmere. His autobiography (Memorials) is in four volumes. The sections reproduced here provide information on Finmere, Mixbury and Roundell's father.

Memorials. Part I. Family and Personal. 1766-1865. Roundell Palmer, Earl of Selborne. Volume 1. London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1896.

• Chapter I. Ancestors—My Uncle Thomas Palmer. 1773–1799
• Chapter II. My Uncle Edward Palmer. 1781–1807
• Chapter III. My Father. 1778-1818
• Chapter IV. My Mother—Gledstone—Mixbury—Finmere. 1810–1823
• Chapter V. My Father and his People—Childhood at Mixbury—My Brother Tom’s Death in 1823
• Chapter VI. Rugby—Family Events. 1823–1825
• Chapter VII. Winchester. 1825–1830
• Chapter VIII. Oxford—Older Friends There—“Union”—Rambler. 1830–1833
• Chapter IX. Oxford—Younger Friends—Studies and their Results. 1833–1834
• Chapter X. My Mother’s Illness—Tutorship to Lord Maidstone—Magdalen College. 1832–1835
• Chapter XI. My Brother Henry. 1830–1835.

Palma Virtuti
The Palmer Family Crest from the Cover of Memorials