Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6452
Fax: 020 7219 0785, 020 7219 5979
palmerad@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1990;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Executive Council Historic Houses Association 1981-99,
Council Scottish Landowners' Federation 1986-92;
Secretary, Royal Caledonian Hunt 1989-2005;
President, Palm Tree Silk Co (St Lucia) 1992-;
Historic Houses Association for Scotland:
Vice-chair 1993-94,
Chair 1994-99;
President:
British Association of Biofuels and Oils 1999-,
Renewable Energy Authority (transport division) 2006-
Political interests
Agriculture, environment, heritage, media, tourism
Countries of interest
St Lucia, Scotland, Zimbabwe
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Managing partner, family farming partnership
4: Shareholdings (b)
BP (oil)
Barclays plc (banking)
British American Tobacco plc
Fidelity Funds America Fund (banking)
Forth Ports plc
GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceuticals)
PepsiCo Inc Capital Stock (leisure)
Royal Dutch Shell (oil)
5: Land and property
Flat in London SW1, from which rental income is received
Farmland near Edinburgh; farmland and cottages in Berwickshire
Residual beneficiary of Patience Estate (St Lucia)
9: Miscellaneous financial interests
House and garden is open by appointment to visiting public throughout the year and regularly on Thursdays and Sundays from mid-May to end September
FIM Timber Growth Fund (forestry)
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Convenor, Lords and Commons Cigar and Pipe Smokers' Club
President, Renewable Energy Authority (transport division)