Otho Prior-Palmer

Sir Otho Prior-Palmer
Member of Parliament
for Worthing
In office
5 July 1945 – 25 September 1964
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byTerence Higgins
Personal details
Born(1897-10-28)28 October 1897
Dublin, Ireland
Died29 January 1986(1986-01-29) (aged 88)
Honiton, Devon, England
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Barbara Frankland
(m. 1926; div. 1936)
Sheila Weller-Poley
(m. 1940; div. 1964)
Elizabeth Mary Adams Henderson
(m. 1964)
RelationsGeorge Erroll Prior-Palmer (brother)
Lucinda Prior-Palmer (niece)
Children7
Alma materRMC Sandhurst
Civilian awardsKnight Bachelor
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1916–1946
RankBrigadier
Commands7th Armoured Brigade (1943–1945)
8th Armoured Brigade (1943)
29th Armoured Brigade (1942–1943)
30th Armoured Brigade (1942)
Northamptonshire Yeomanry (1940–1942)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
Military awardsDistinguished Service Order
Service No.13090

Brigadier Sir Otho Leslie Prior-Palmer, DSO (28 October 1897 – 29 January 1986) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and Conservative Party politician. He served for nearly twenty years as a Member of Parliament for Worthing. His main contributions were on the subject of defence, on which he was sometimes roused to outspoken criticism of the opposition Labour Party.