Background
Palmer was the second son of Sir Thomas Palmer, 1st Baronet of Wingham, Kent and the elder brother of James Palmer, Member of Parliament.
Palmer was the second son of Sir Thomas Palmer, 1st Baronet of Wingham, Kent and the elder brother of James Palmer, Member of Parliament.
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was Cup bearer to Henry and Charles, Princes of Wales. He was knighted KB at the coronation of Charles I in February 1626 and was Master of the Household to King Charles from 1626 to 1632.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
He supported the King and was disabled from sitting on 22 January 1644.
Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament. Addled Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1614, 1624 and 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament for Queenborough. In November 1642, Palmer was elected Member of Parliament for Newton in the Long Parliament to replace Peter Legh, who was killed in a duel.