Born: July 12, 1811, Mixbury rectory, Oxfordshire, England.
Died: April 5, 1879, Chiesa di Santa Maria in Portico in Campitelli, Rome, Italy.
Buried: Cemetery of San Lorenzo in Campo Verano, Rome, Italy.
William was the son of William Jocelyn Palmer, rector of Mixbury, and brother of Roundell Palmer.
He earned his BA degree from Magdalen College, Oxford, and eventually became Fellow, Tutor, and Vice-President there. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1855.
If you know where to get a good photo of Palmer (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),