Sir Francis Palgrave

Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1861) was an English historian, born in London, of Jewish parents of the name of Cohen. He was called to the bar in 1827, and became Deputy-Keeper of Her Majesty's Records in 1838. He was the author of a history of the "Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth" and of a "History of England," tracing it back chiefly to the Anglo-Norman period, among other works.

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