John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne

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The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne GBE DL FRS
President of the Royal Geographical Society
In office 1997–2000
Preceded by	The Earl Jellicoe
Succeeded by	Sir Ronald Cooke
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 23 December 1971 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 3rd Earl of Selborne
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 26 March 2020[1]
Election	1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	The 6th Baron Sandhurst
Personal details
Born	(1940-03-12)12 March 1940
Died	12 February 2021(2021-02-12) (aged 80)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse	Joanna van Antwerp James
Children	4
Relatives	Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne (grandfather)
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

John Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, GBE, DL, FRS^[2] (24 March 1940 – 12 February 2021), was a British peer, ecological expert, and businessman. He was one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting as a Conservative. He re-designated as non-affiliated in September 2019 and retired from the House on 26 March 2020.^[3]