Baron Palmer, of Reading in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1933 for the businessman and patron of music, Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet

Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer

Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer , known as Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet, from 1916 to 1933, was a British business man and patron of music....

. He had already been created a Baronet, of Grosvenor Crescent, on 26 January 1916. The Palmer family had made its fortune from their ownership of the firm of Huntley & Palmers

Huntley & Palmers

Huntley & Palmers was a British firm of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. The company created one of the world's first global brands and ran what was once the world’s largest biscuit factory. Over the years, the company was also known as J...

, biscuit manufacturers, of Reading, Berkshire

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

. the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1990. He is the son of the Hon. Sir Gordon Palmer, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire

Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire.-Lord Lieutenants of Berkshire:*Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 1551 – 22 January 1552...

 from 1978 to 1989, younger son of the second Baron. Lord Palmer is one of the ninety elected hereditary peer

Hereditary peer

Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 only ninety-two are permitted to do so...

s that remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

 after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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, and sits as a cross-bencher.

Barons Palmer (1933)

• (Samuel) Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer
  Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer
  Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer , known as Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet, from 1916 to 1933, was a British business man and patron of music....
  
   (1858–1948)
• (Ernest) Cecil Nottage Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer (1882–1950)
• Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer (1916–1990)
• Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer
  Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer
  Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, & 4th Baronet , is a peer and landowner in Scotland. He succeeded his uncle in the 1933 peerage in 1990, and is now one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sits...
  
  (b. 1951)