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| Palmer, Thomas Fyshe. Adm. pens. at QUEENS', Apr. 24, 1765. Of Bedfordshire. [S. of Henry Fyshe (his father having assumed the name of Palmer on succeeding his cousin Charles Palmer). B. in July, 1847, at Ickwell, Northill, Beds. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1765; B.A. 1769; Scholar, 1770; M.A. 1772; B.D. 1781. Fellow, 1771. Ord. priest (Peterb.) Dec. 1776; C. of Leatherhead, Surrey. Became a Unitarian, 1783. Pastor at Montrose, 1783-5; at Dundee, 1785-93. An active political reformer. Arrested on a charge of sedition (having corrected the proof of a handbill by a member of the Society of Friends, at Dundee); he was sentenced to twelve years transportation, 1793; served his sentence at Botany Bay. In Queens' College order-book, Jan. 16, 1794, the following resolution occurs: 'Agreed and ordered that the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Fellow of the College, be expelled the College on account of his seditious conduct. Everyone, viz. President and twelve Fellows, concurred in this sentence of expulsion, and grounded their judgment upon the Statutes of the College and the evidence received by them on this subject.' Died June 2, 1802, in the Ladrone Islands, on his way home, and was first buried by the seashore; two years later his remains were taken to Boston, Mass., and reinterred there. Brother of James F. (1754) and Charles F. (1747). (Eton Coll. Reg.; Northants. Clergy; C. R. Hudleston; D.N.B., which erroneously gives date of his Fellowship election as 1781; G. Mag., 1803, II. 1254.) | Thomas Fyshe PALMER Approx. lifespan: 1847–1802 pens. Queens' College adm1765:04:24 Of Bedfordshire s. of Henry FYSHE (his father having assumed the name of Palmer on succeeding his cousin Charles Palmer) b. Ickwell Northill, Bedfordshire 1847:07 Sch: Eton Matric 1765:10MT: BA 1769 Scholar 1770 MA 1772 BD 1781 Fellow 1771 Ord. priest Peterborough 1776:12 C.: Leatherhead, Surrey Became a Unitarian 1783 Pastor Montrose, [ Angus ] 1783-85 ;at Dundee, [ Angus ] 1785-93 An active political reformer. Arrested on a charge of sedition (having corrected the proof of a handbill by a Member of: : Society of Friends Dundee, [ Angus ] ); he was sentenced to twelve years transportation 1793 served his sentence Botany Bay, [ Australia ] In Queens' College < order-book 1794:01:16,the following resolution occurs: "Agreed and ordered that Rev. Thomas Fyshe PALMER Fellow of: : Queens' College,be expelled College on account of his seditious conduct. Everyone, viz. President: and twelve Fellows, concurred in this sentence of expulsion, and grounded their judgment upon the Statutes of College and the evidence received by them on this subject." d. 1802:06:02 in the Ladrone Islands, [ Pacific ], on his way home, and was first buried by the seashore; two years later his remains were taken to Boston, Massachusetts , USA ., and reinterred there. brother of James F. PALMER (1754) brother of Charles F. PALMER (1747) ( Eton College Reg.; Northants. Clergy ; C. R. Hudleston; D.N.B., which erroneously gives date of his Fellowship election as 1781; G. Mag 1803, II. 1254 |