Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer
Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, of Reading in the County of Berkshire ( born October 8, 1951) is a British nobleman who as Baron Palmer is a member of the House of Lords since 1990. With the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, he lost along with all other Erbpeers ( Hereditary peers) the automatic seat in the House of Lords. However, he was chosen as one of 92 selected Erbpeers that remained after the reform in the House.
Life
Palmer was born the son of Gordon Palmer and was a descendant of Ernest Palmer, who in 1916 and finally in 1933 Baron Baronet Palmer.
He attended Eton College and worked in the family business, the biscuit manufacturer Huntley & Palmers, before he was employed between 1974 and 1977 as a manager at the company Biscuits Belgium. After he completed in 1979 a degree in agriculture from the University of Edinburgh, he began working as a farmer. In the following years he was active from 1980 to 1990 as a member of the Council of the Historic Houses Association for Scotland, and at the same time from 1981 to 1999 the Historic Houses Association. In addition, he was from 1986 to 1992 of Scottish representatives on the European Landowners Organisation and at the same time between 1987 and 1993 Member of the Council of the Federation of Scottish landowners. In addition, he was secretary of the Royal Caledonian Hunt.
After the death of his uncle Raymond Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer, in 1990 he was succeeded him as Baron Palmer and thus a member of the House of Lords. 1999 Baron Palmer was, which was between 1990 and 1996 a member of the Royal Company of Archers, because the House of Lords Act 1999 to one of the so-called Erbpeers ( Hereditary peers) selected that represent the hereditary aristocracy in the Lords. In the House of Lords he belongs to the group of non-party peers, the so-called Cross Bencher.
In addition, he continued active in the Historic Houses Association for Scotland between 1993 and 1994 and was its Vice - Chairman, before he was 1994-1999 Vorsituender. In addition, since 1994 he is Chairman of the Country Sports Defence Trust and since 2001 president of the British Association of Biofuels ( BABFO ). Baron Palmer also serves since 2007 as secretary of the Association of Scottish peers.