- Palmerston
The name Palmerston can refer to several places, and also to several notable people:
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 KingdomPlaces
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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., 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 WalesSee also
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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, CanadaOther uses
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Palmerston Forts , also known as Palmerston's Follies - a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications
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