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Description: | Ernest was the eldest son of Samuel Palmer. He started work in the factory in the 1870s and was made a partner in 1879. When Ernest married in 1881, his father Samuel celebrated by entertaining 260 employees to a dinner in one of packing rooms in the factory. The guests included all employees that had been employed since Ernest was born in 1858. Ernest was made a director of Huntley & Palmers in 1898 and remained on the Board until his death. He lived in Grosvenor Crescent and worked at the London office with his brother Charles. Ernest was responsible for the London trade and export business. He was also a director of the Great Western Railway (GWR), making him the only Palmer to serve as a director on an outside company. The Berkshire-based board members called Ernest and Charles the 'London contingent'. Ernest's active life outside the company gave him a fresh view on the company's structure. In 1904 he suggested that the board should have a chairman and vice chairman, reflecting usual practice in most large companies. He was elected as the first vice-chairman but resigned on his appointment as deputy chairman of the GWR. Ernest was knighted in 1916 and made a peer in 1933 for his services to music. He was also the Vice-President of the Royal College of Music. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | Ernest Palmer (First Lord Palmer) social history trade portrait | Temporal: | start=1930-01-01; end=1938-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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