palmerston may refer to: ==people== * several prominent people have borne the title of viscount palmerston, and most or all the below places are named for one of them â especially for the third, most prominent of them. they include: ** henry temple, 1st viscount palmerston (c. 1673â1757) ** henry temple, 2nd viscount palmerston (1739â1802) ** henry john temple, 3rd viscount palmerston (1784â1865), british foreign minister and prime minister ==places== * palmerston, northern territory â a city near darwin in australia * palmerston, australian capital territory â a suburb of canberra, australia * palmerston, ontario â a town in ontario, canada * palmerston island â an island in the cook islands * palmerston, new zealand â a town in the otago region in the south island of new zealand * palmerston north â a city in the manawatu region in the north island of new zealand * palmerston park â home ground of queen of the south f.c. in dumfries, scotland * palmerston park, dublin â a park in the capital of ireland ; as palmerstown * palmerstown â a suburban area of dublin, ireland * palmerstown, fingal â a civil parish in ireland * palmerstown, vale of glamorgan â a district in south wales === see also === * cape palmerston national park in queensland, australia * palmerston rocks national park, in queensland, australia * palmerston boulevard â a notable residential street in the city of toronto, canada == other uses == * palmerston forts, also known as palmerston's follies â a series of 19th-century british defensive fortifications 
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