The Palmer Baronetcy, of Carlton in the County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 June 1660 for the lawyer and politician Geoffrey Palmer.

[2] The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers.

The third, fourth and fifth Baronets all represented Leicestershire in the House of Commons.

The family seat for 500 years was East Carlton Hall, Northamptonshire until 1933 since when it has been Carlton Curlieu Hall, Leicestershire.

[4] The heir presumptive is the brother of the above, Jeremy Charles Palmer (born 1939).