Palmerston

[pah-mer-stuhn]

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noun

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.

Palmerston

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noun

the former name (1869–1911) of Darwin 1

Palmerston

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noun

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. 1784–1865, British statesman; foreign secretary (1830–34; 1835–41; 1846–51); prime minister (1855–58; 1859–65). His talent was for foreign affairs, in which he earned a reputation as a British nationalist and for high-handedness and gunboat diplomacy

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Meanwhile, the Foreign Office enlisted a chief mouser called Palmerston in 2016.

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The young man, identified in local media as Ryan Satterthwaite, died in hospital on Monday after a game of "run it straight" in the city of Palmerston North.

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Daniel Day, 29, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, has been charged with causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site after climbing onto the clock tower, the Metropolitan Police said.

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Palmerston, the former resident cat at the Foreign Office, has a been brought out of retirement for a new overseas diplomatic posting nearly 3,500 miles away in Bermuda.

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Palmerston's account claimed he had been "lured out of retirement" by "diplomacy and a purr-fect role" with Bermuda's new governor, Andrew Murdoch.

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Palmer Peninsula Palmerston North

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