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Charles Frederick Palmer (9 September 1869 – 25 October 1920) was a British journalist and newspaper editor, closely associated at the end of his career with the politician and business fraudster Horatio Bottomley. Palmer sat briefly in the House of Commons after winning a by-election as an Independent in February 1920. ==Career== Palmer started his career in newspapers at the ''St James's Gazette''.〔The Times, 26 October 1920 p7〕 He then joined the staff of ''The Globe'' and was one of its Parliamentary reporters from 1886–1915.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 At one time he was a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.〔The Times, 26 October 1920 p7〕 He became editor of ''The Globe'' in 1912 and held that post until 1915.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 On 6 November 1915, while Palmer was still editor of ''The Globe'', the paper was suspended under the Defence of the Realm Act for repeating the statement that Lord Kitchener had tendered his resignation as Secretary for War even though this had been officially denied by the press bureau.〔The Times, 8 November 1915 p10〕 It resumed publication a fortnight later but Palmer was removed from the editor's chair by the paper's owner Dudley Docker.〔R P T Davenport-Hines, ''Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior''; Cambridge University Press, 2004 p95〕 Palmer’s journalistic association with Horatio Bottomley was cemented when he took over as Assistant Editor of ''John Bull'' . He also had joint editorial control with Bottomley of the publications, ''National News'' and ''Sunday Evening Telegram''.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 Palmer was also drama and music critic of ''The People'' for 20 years. He was one of the founders of the Society of Dramatic Critics which subsequently merged with the Critics Circle of the Institute of Journalists and was a member of its main organising committee.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 Palmer's other achievements included being associated with journalist and editor Kennedy Jones in raising the £1,000,000,000 Victory Loan and was credited as being the originator of the idea which resulted in the formation of Dudley Docker's Federation of British Industries.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Frederick Palmer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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