Matthew Simon Russell Palmer, QC is a New Zealand barrister, legal academic and former public servant. Palmer was the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Law, and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington from January 2001 until June 2006. He has also held positions in the Treasury and has been Deputy Secretary of Justice in the New Zealand Ministry of Justice and Deputy Solicitor-General in the New Zealand Crown Law Office. He is son of former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, who was also a professor of law at Victoria University for many years. Matthew Palmer is author of The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's law and constitution was published in November 2008. He also co-authored Bridled Power, a leading text on New Zealand public law. 

May 12th, 1964 in (Age 59)