Baron Palmer, ofReading in theCounty of Berkshire, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1933 for the businessman and patron of music,Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet. He had already been created abaronet, of Grosvenor Crescent in the City of Westminster, in theBaronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 January 1916.[2] The Palmer family had made its fortune from their ownership of the firm ofHuntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturers, of Reading. As of 2023[update] the titles are held by the first Baron's great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2023.
The family seat isManderston, nearDuns,Berwickshire.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Ernest Bailie Rohan Palmer (b. 2019).
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