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From Sir James, Dorney Court has passed from father to son in direct succession in the Palmer family down to the present day. His younger son was created Earl of Castlemaine but his older son inherited Dorney (Sir Philip Palmer, 1615–1683). Sir Philip's fourth but, at his death, oldest surviving son was Charles Palmer of Dorney (1651–1714). [2]
The first pineapple in the UK was grown in Dorney Court, [5] leading to a pub in the village being named The Pineapple. It is Grade II listed for its age, dating half to the 17th century and half to the 18th century. [6] In 1961, a cornfield in Dorney was the scene of a nationally reported abduction.
Sir Henry married into the Palmers of Dorney court via Phoebe Palmer, the marriage was known as a 'marriage of cousins'. A fine portrait of Sir Henry Palmer¹ hangs in Buckland Abbey and a portrait of hus son Sir Henry hangs prominently at Dorney Court near Windsor.
Well educated, he moved to court and by 1609 had become a servant of the Earl of Montgomery. Under his patronage he was elected a Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1621. In 1622, he was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber to King James I and in 1629 a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to his son King Charles I, to whom he donated the ...
Born into a Roman Catholic family on 3 September 1634, Roger was the son of Sir James Palmer of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, a Gentleman of the Bedchamber under King Charles I, and Catherine Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis.
Garrard was a younger son of Sir William Garrard or Garret, Haberdasher (1518-1571), of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, who bought the manor of Dorney in 1542, and became Lord Mayor of London in 1555. [2] His mother was Isabel, daughter of Julian Nethermill, of Coventry, [3] and his paternal grandfather was John Gerrard, alias Garret, of ...
Dorney Court, Sir William Garrard's country residence near Windsor, 1542-1571 William was born in London, the son of John Garrard, [ 8 ] citizen and Grocer , a prominent London businessman.
Dorney Court, Dorney. [3] Cambridgeshire. Rectory Farmhouse, Whaddon. [4] [5] Cheshire ... This page was last edited on 1 March 2024, at 15:33 (UTC).