Clifford George Palmer was the Dean of Waikato from 1957 until 1974.[1]
Palmer was educated at the University of New Zealand and ordained in 1933. After Curacies in Epsom and Croydon, he was the incumbent at the Bay of Islands. He was a Chaplain to the New Zealand armed forces from 1940 to 1945. When peace returned he was Vicar of St Thomas, Coventry[2] and then of Christ Church, Whangārei.[3]