Richard Palmer (priest)

Richard Palmer (c. 1714 – 7 May 1805) was an English clergyman who served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Palmer was the son of Henry Palmer, a clerk in Lincolnshire. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1732, graduating B.A. 1736, M.A. 1766. He later received the Lambeth degree of D.D.^[1]

Ordained deacon in 1737 and priest in 1740, Palmer served as Rector of Scott Willoughby, Lincolnshire (1740), Chaplain to the House of Commons (1765–1769^[2]), Prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral (1769–1781), and Rector of St Swithin, London Stone (1776–1805).^[1]

He died in Grantham, Lincolnshire on 7 May 1805, aged 91.^[1]