Sir Marmaduke Rowley Geoffrey Palmer "When Louis Trevelyan was twenty-four years old, he had all the world before him where to choose; and, among other things, he chose to go to the Mandarin Islands, and there fell in love with Emily Rowley, the daughter of Sir Marmaduke, the governor. Sir Marmaduke Rowley, at this period of his life, was a respectable middle-aged public servant, in good repute, who had, however, as yet achieved for himself neither an exalted position nor a large fortune. He had been governor of many islands, and had never lacked employment; and now, at the age of fifty, found himself at the Mandarins, with a salary of 3,000 pounds a year, living in a temperature at which 80 in the shade is considered to be cool, with eight daughters, and not a shilling saved..." Geoffrey Palmer was born in London on June 4th, 1927. He began his career as an assistant trainee stage manager at the Q Theatre London; he is today one of British television's most reliable actors and can be seen on PBS in the BBC comedy series As Time Goes By with Judi Dench. He has also appeared in numerous films including A Fish Called Wanda, The Madness of King George, Her Majesty Mrs. Brown and Peter Pan.