Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon

Born in London, he was the son of Sir Lawrence Palk, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Anna Eleanora Wrey, daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet.

Palk entered the British House of Commons for South Devon in 1854 and sat for the constituency until 1868.

[5] Having served for a while as an officer in 1st The Royal Dragoons, Palk became Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 1st Administrative Brigade, Devonshire Artillery Volunteers on 2 September 1863, and Honorary Colonel in 1868, when his son Lawrence (formerly an officer in the Scots Fusilier Guards) became a Major in the unit.

[1] In 1938, the barony reverted to the youngest son Edward, after whose death one year later it became extinct.

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