Reginald Palgrave
Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave was a British civil servant who was Clerk of the House of Commons.Life
Reginald Palgrave was born in Westminster, London, the fourth son of Francis Palgrave and his wife Elizabeth Turner, daughter of banker Dawson Turner. His brothers were Francis Turner Palgrave, William Gifford Palgrave, and Inglis Palgrave. He became a solicitor in 1851; but two years later was appointed a clerk in the House of Commons, becoming clerk of the House on the retirement of Sir Erskine May in 1886. He married Grace Battley, daughter of Richard Battley, in 1857. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1887 Golden Jubilee Honours and advanced to K.C.B. in 1892, and retired from his office in January 1900. He died in Salisbury in 1904.Works
- The Chairman's Handbook; The House of Commons: Illustrations of its History and Practice
- Cromwell: an appreciation based on contemporary evidence
- Palgrave also helped to edit the tenth edition of Erskine May's .
