Francis Noel Palmer was a British

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 politician.

He was the son of Nathaniel Palmer of Yarmouth. In 1906 he joined the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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. During the First World War he was granted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment

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, but was discharged from the army

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 with tuberculosis

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. He lived at Normandy, Surrey

Normandy, Surrey

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 and was chosen as Labour candidate to contest the local parliamentary constituency of Farnham

Farnham (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1929

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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. In October 1931 Palmer was expelled from the Labour Party for supporting the National Government, moving into the National Labour Organisation led by the Prime Minister

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, Ramsay McDonald.

He was a parliamentary candidate at the 1931 general election

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 at Tottenham North

Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He unseated the sitting Labour member, Frederick Messer

Frederick Messer

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 and was one of 13 National Labour MP

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s elected. The situation was reversed when he lost the seat to Messer at the next general election in 1935

United Kingdom general election, 1935

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. By the 1940s his sand and gravel business was in receivership

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.

He died in 1961.