Robert Alexander Palmer, 1st Baron Rusholme (29 November 1890 – 18 August 1977) was a senior official of the British co-operative movement and a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords.
Born in November 1890,[1] Palmer left school at the age of 14.
During the First World War he served with the Manchester Regiment (Territorial Force) in Egypt, Belgium and France, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 30 October 1918.
[2] At the age of 30, Palmer was appointed Cashier and Financial Adviser of the Co-operative Union, the trade body of the consumer co-operative movement.
Lord Rusholme died in August 1977, aged 86, when the barony became extinct.