Children
Palgrave and his wife Elizabeth Turner were the parents of four sons, all distinguished and all authors in their respective fields. Among them, the best known today are the eldest two.
- Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), poet, anthologist, educationist and bureaucrat, editor of Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics, better known as Palgrave's Golden Treasury
- William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888 Montevideo, Uruguay), Jesuit priest and missionary turned diplomat, anthropologist and traveller
- Sir Inglis Palgrave or Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827-1919), economist, knighted 1909, author of Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy, as well as editor Palgrave's collected historical works. He married in 1859 Sarah Maria Brightwen, daughter of George Brightwen.
- Sir Reginald Palgrave, KCB; or Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave (1829-1904); md 1857 Grace Battley, daughter of Richard Battley. Clerk to the House of Commons 1886-1902. Made KCB 1892.
Palgrave was survived by his four sons, his wife having predeceased him in August 1852.
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