The Prime Minister (novel) The Prime Minister (novel) The Prime Minister is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1876. It is the fifth of the "Palliser" series of novels. When neither the Whigs nor the Tories are able to form a government on their own, a fragile compromise coalition government is formed, with Plantagenet Palliser, the wealthy and hard-working Duke of Omnium, installed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The Duchess, formerly Lady Glencora Palliser, attempts to support her husband by hosting lavish parties at Gatherum Castle in Barsetshire, the family's largest country house, barely used until now. Palliser, initially unsure
Palliser baronets Crown to assume and use the surname of Palliser either alone or in addition to his own name so that the name Palliser shall be the last and Principal name and thenceforth use the said Surname’. Major Henry John Farrell died in 1889, his son Major Henry John William Farrell (1867–1917) assumed the additional surname Palliser in 1902. Major Henry John William Farrell Palliser married Kathleen Mary Murray (1878–1970) daughter of Major Patrick Murray on 8 December 1902 at St John's Ahmednagar, India and had two children: Hugh Palliser Baron Keane Palliser baronets The Palliser Baronetcy, of The Vache in