Palmer, Roundell Cecil, (1887-1971), 3rd Earl of Selborne, politician

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Alternative name(s):	Lord Wolmer (Formerly known as) Selborne, 3rd Earl (Also known as)
Surname:	Palmer
Forenames:	Roundell Cecil
Gender:	Male
Date:	1887-1971
Title:	3rd Earl of Selborne
History:	Conservative MP, 1910-1940, when succeeded father and raised to House of Lords. Government minister and manager of Special Operations Executive (Feb 1942-May 1945). Assistant Director, War Trade Department, 1916-1918; Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1922-1924; Assistant Postmaster General, 1924-1929; Director of Cement, Minstry of Buildings and Works, 1940-1942; Minister of Economic Warfare, 1942-1945.
Biography:	ODNB link for Palmer, Roundell Cecil (1887-1971) 3rd Earl of Selborne, politician
References:	DNB; Who's Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275674 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P161532 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Roundell Cecil Palmer

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1935-1973: Ministry of Economic Warfare, Special Operations Executive and successors: Headquarters: Records	The National Archives, Kew	HS 8
2	corresp	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 2971
3	1934-1947: corresp with Sir H Page Croft	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CRFT	NRA 15709 Croft
4	corresp and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Selborne	NRA 17810
5	personal and family papers	Hampshire Archives	11M75, 19M75	NRA 20787 Palmer
6	1901-66: corresp and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Selborne papers	NRA 22802
7	1933-51: corresp with Lord Cherwell	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	CSAC 80.4.81	NRA 16447
8	1910-49: corresp with Edwin James Palmer	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 2971-3011 passim
9	1961: corresp with Sir RR Welensky	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Welensky (668/1)	NRA 39191
10	1929: corresp with Sir WL Worthington-Evans	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS. Eng. hist. c. 890-940, d. 424-7, e. 319-20, f. 26	NRA 20696
11	1939-1948: corresp with Leo Amery	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	AMEL