The Pallisers The Pallisers The Pallisers is a 1974 BBC television adaptation of Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels. Set in Victorian era England with a backdrop of parliamentary life, Simon Raven's dramatisation covers six of Anthony Trollope's novels and follows the events of the characters over two decades. The series featured a huge cast of prominent and rising actors. The series begins with the story of Lady Glencora (Susan Hampshire), fiancée of the dry, aristocratic Plantagenet Palliser (Philip Latham) who will inherit the title of the Duke of Omnium and Gatherum from his uncle (Roland Culver). Although they marry, Lady Glencora still pines
Palliser baronets Palliser baronets The Palliser Baronetcy, of The Vache in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 6 August 1773 for the naval commander Admiral Hugh Palliser. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1868. Sir Hugh, 2nd Baronet, died on 17 November 1813 in Troyes France. He was succeeded by his only son Hugh Palliser Palliser (formerly Walters). Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (b. 1723), died unmarried on 19 March 1796. The estate of The Vache was inherited by Sir Hugh's illegitimate son George Thomas.