Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer KCMG (28 December 1819 – 20 March 1898) was an Australian politician who served as the fifth Premier of Queensland, in office from 1870 to 1874.

He later held ministerial office in Thomas McIlwraith's ministry from 1879 to 1881, before serving as President of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1881 until his death in 1898.

He was the son of Lieutenant Arthur Palmer, RN, and his wife, Emily (née Hunter).

Palmer went to Queensland and took up pastoral runs in the Belyando River valley which he called Beaufort Station.

Successful bills included the Electoral Redistribution Act, which divided the colony into single-member electoral districts based on population, and the Homestead Areas Act, which divided large pastoral leases into smaller areas of land.

[10] His grandson Beaufort Palmer was one of Australia's finest pilot instructors in World War II.