Godfrey Mark Palmer (4 August 1878 – 12 June 1933) was an English industrialist and Liberal Party politician.
[1] His mother, Charles' third wife Lady Gertrude Palmer, was the daughter of James Montgomrey of Brentford, Middlesex.
[4] As the scion of a famous business family in North East England, Palmer took an interest in shipping and the large industrial works on the Tyneside.
[9] Sir Charles Palmer's death caused a by-election in Jarrow and the local Liberal Association adopted Mr Spencer Leigh Hughes, a London-based journalist and later MP for Stockport as their candidate.
[10] In that contest the Liberal vote was split by the candidacy of an Irish Nationalist[11] and Hughes lost the election to Labour.
[16] At the second general election of the year in December 1910, Palmer held his seat, again in a three-way fight, this time with a majority of 111 but on this occasion it was Kirkley for the Unionists who crept into second place ahead of a new Labour candidate.