Palmerston

Palmerston may refer to:

People

• Christie Palmerston (c. 1851-1897), Australian explorer
• 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), Irish nobleman and British politician
  • Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739–1802), British politician
  • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British Foreign minister and Prime Minister
• Charles Palmerston Anderson, Canadian bishop

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
• Cape Palmerston, Queensland, Australia
• Mount Palmerston, Vancouver Island, Canada
• 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

Other uses

• Palmerston Boulevard, a notable residential street in the city of Toronto, Canada
• Palmerston (car), a British car manufactured during the 1920s
• Palmerston (cat), a mouser in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Whitehall, London
• Palmerston FC, an Australian association football team
• Palmerston Football Club, an Australian Aussie Rules team
• Palmerston Forts, also known as Palmerston's Follies, a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications
• Palmerston Highway, in Queensland, Australia

See also

• Palmerstown (disambiguation)