Elizabeth Palmer
1824/5–1901
Schoolteacher. Taught in Esther Creswell’s school in Brighton, 1851. Ran a school in Clapham, 1861. Head of a school at Nilgherry House, 5 Lansdowne Road, Wimbledon, from at least 1866 until at least 1882; Reginald Hawthorn Hooker attended from 1875. From at least 1888 until 1900, in Brighton, Sussex; for part of that time ran a home for Anglo-Indian children at 50a Westbourne Villas.
Sources
Brighton and Hove blue book 1888–1900
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1645/40/41), 1861 (RG9/368/261/39)
letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875
Post Office directory of the six home counties 1866, 1882.
Bibliography
Brighton and Hove blue book: Pike’s Brighton and Hove blue book and local directory. Brighton: Robinson, son, and Pike. 1888–1940.
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
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