Palmerston

Palmerston may refer to:

People

• 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