PALMER FAMILY. Collection of Durham Coal Mining related letters 1846-1850. Collection of 17 letters dated 1846-1850 relating to the export of coal & coke to France by the Marley Hill Coal & Coking Company, Durham, together with other business & banking matters. All letters were sent from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Marseille, the correspondence being between George Palmer, his son Charles Mark Palmer & James Hall Most notable of these was Charles Mark Palmer (1822-1907) who was appointed partner of Marley Hill Colliery in 1846. He also purchased iron mines in Yorkshire & erected large shipbuilding yards along the Tyne & at Jarrow that became Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd. in 1865. He built the 'John Bowes', the first iron screw collier, at Jarrow. In 1868 he raised the 1st Durham Engineer Volunteers at Jarrow & was commissioned as Lieut. Col. Commandant. In 1874 Charles was elected as Liberal M.P. for North Durham & became M.P. for Jarrow in 1885 until his death in 1907. He was knighted in 1886, taking the title of 1st Baronet of Grinkle Park.
PALMER FAMILY. Collection of Durham Coal Mining related letters 1846-1850. Collection of 17 letters dated 1846-1850 relating to the export of coal & coke to France by the Marley Hill Coal & Coking Company, Durham, together with other business & banking matters. All letters were sent from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Marseille, the correspondence being between George Palmer, his son Charles Mark Palmer & James Hall Most notable of these was Charles Mark Palmer (1822-1907) who was appointed partner of Marley Hill Colliery in 1846. He also purchased iron mines in Yorkshire & erected large shipbuilding yards along the Tyne & at Jarrow that became Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd. in 1865. He built the 'John Bowes', the first iron screw collier, at Jarrow. In 1868 he raised the 1st Durham Engineer Volunteers at Jarrow & was commissioned as Lieut. Col. Commandant. In 1874 Charles was elected as Liberal M.P. for North Durham & became M.P. for Jarrow in 1885 until his death in 1907. He was knighted in 1886, taking the title of 1st Baronet of Grinkle Park.
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