Earl of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, is a title in the 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 was created in 1882 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Roundell Palmer, along with the courtesy title of Viscount Wolmer, of Blackmoor in the County of Southampton. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party He had already been made Baron Selborne, of Selborne in the County of Southampton, in 1872. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Both his son, the second Earl, and grandson, the third Earl, were prominent Liberal Unionist politicians. The Liberal Unionists were a British political party that split away from the Liberals in 1886 and had effectively merged with the Conservatives by the The latter was in 1941 called to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father’s barony of Selborne. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" A writ in acceleration, commonly called a writ of acceleration was a type of writ of summons to the House of Lords that enabled the eldest son and Heir apparent As of 2006 the titles are held by the third Earl's grandson, the fourth Earl. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a Conservative. Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. The House of Lords Act 1999 (1999 c 34 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999 The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom.
The family seat is Temple Manor, near Selborne, Hampshire. Selborne is a Village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son William Lewis Palmer, Viscount Wolmer (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 1971)