John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne GBE DL FRS |
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| President of the Royal Geographical Society | |
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In office 1997–2000 |
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| Preceded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ronald Cooke |
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| Born | 12 March 1940 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Selborne née Joanna van Antwerp James |
| Relations | Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, grandfather, politician, administrator and intelligence officer |
| Children | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
John Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, GBE, DL, FRS (born 24 March 1940), is a British peer, ecological expert and businessman. He is one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting as a Conservative.
The son of Captain William Palmer, Viscount Wolmer, in turn son of Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, and the Honourable Grace Ridley, Lord Selborne succeeded to his grandfather's titles in 1971. He was educated first at St. Ronan's School, Hawkhurst, and at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1961, proceeding to complete a Master of Arts.
Lord Selborne was Treasurer of King Edward's School, Witley between 1972–83, and a member of the Apple and Pear Development Council between 1969-73. He was chairman of the Hops Marketing Board from 1978–82, of the Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) from 1982–89 and of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) from 1991-97. He was also a member of the NEDC Food Sector Group in 1991-92 and a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 1993 to 1998. From 1994-95, he was director of the Lloyds Bank and between 1995 and 2004 of Lloyds TSB Group.
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