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Palmerston may refer to:

People[]

  • Palmerston (surname)
  • Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston, and most or all the below 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

Places[]

  • Palmerston, Northern Territory - a city near Darwin in Australia
  • Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory - a suburb of Canberra, Australia
  • Palmerston, Ontario - a town in Ontario, Canada
  • Palmerston Island - an island in the Cook Islands
  • Palmerston, New Zealand - a town in the Otago Region in the South Island of New Zealand
  • Palmerston North - a city in the Manawatu region in the North Island of New Zealand
  • Palmerston Park - home ground of Queen of the South F.C. in Dumfries, Scotland
  • Palmerston Park, Dublin - a park in the capital of Ireland
as Palmerstown
  • Palmerstown - a suburban area of Dublin, Ireland
  • Palmerstown, Vale of Glamorgan - a district in south Wales

See also[]

  • Cape Palmerston National Park in Queensland, Australia
  • Palmerston Rocks National Park, in Queensland, Australia
  • Palmerston Boulevard - a notable residential street in the city of Toronto, Canada

Other uses[]

  • Palmerston Forts, also known as Palmerston's Follies - a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications
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