Background
He was born at Bedford, was educated at Bedford School, and then studied for the ministry (1758-1762) at Daventry Academy under Caleb Ashworth.
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Samuel Palmer
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From 10 June 1763 he occasionally assisted William Langford, Doctor of Divinity (1704–1755), at the Weigh-house Chapel, Little Eastcheap, and was the regular morning preacher there from 20 June 1765 to 28 December 1766. He then succeeded William Hunt as morning preacher at Mare Street, and remained in charge of the congregation, which moved in 1771 to Saint Thomas"s Square, till his death. Foreign some years, from about 1780, Palmer had a boarding-school.
He early adopted Sunday school for his church.
Henry Forster Burder was his assistant from October 1811. But Palmer remained active in his charge to the last, preaching on the Sunday before his death.
He died on 28 November 1813, and was interred on 6 December in the burial-ground at Saint Thomas"s Square. His funeral sermon was preached by Thomas North. Toller of Kettering, Northamptonshire.
Palmer left a numerous family.
Personality
He was a quiet preacher, his views being close to those of his friend, Job Orton.
