Palmerston
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The name Palmerston can refer to several places, and also to several notable people:
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[edit] Places
- Palmerston - a city near Darwin in Australia
- Palmerston - a suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Palmerston - a town in Ontario, Canada
- Palmerston Island - an island in the Cook Islands
- Palmerston - a town in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand
- Palmerston Park - home ground of Queen of the South F.C., Scotland
- Palmerston Park, Dublin - a park in the capital of Ireland
[edit] See also
- Cape Palmerston National Park in Queensland, Australia
- Palmerston Rocks National Park, also in Queensland, Australia
- Palmerston Gardens - a park in Toronto, Canada
- Palmerston North - a city in the Manawatu district in the North Island of New Zealand
- Palmerston Boulevard - a notable residential street in the city of Toronto, Canada
[edit] People
- Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston, and most or all the above places are named for one of them - especially for the third, most prominent of them. They include:
- Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673 - 1757)
- Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739 - 1802)
- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
[edit] Other uses of the word
- Palmerston Forts, also known as Palmerston's Follies - a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications
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