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Coxswain for Oxford in the 1949 Boat Race.

Basil Cowley Morton Palmer was born 9 March 1908 in Teignmouth, the son of Dr Frederick W. Morton, a Jesuan, and was the cousin of Jesuan Michael Sydney Morton Palmer (1935).
He attended Charterhouse between 1922 - 1926, where he played on the football and cricket teams.
He matriculated at Jesus College in 1926 and was a member of the soccer and cricket teams, and completed his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Medicine between 1926 - 1936, receiving a third class degree in Psychology in 1929, and also completed a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries, at Guy's Hospital, in the opthalmology department.
He was married to Betty.
During the Second World War, he was a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was wounded in action in Anzio, Italy in Spring 1944.
He went on to become a general medical practioner in Copthorne, Sussex, and also worked in the opthalmic department in Charing Cross Hospital.
He died in 1995.

Palmer was born in Christchurch and educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he completed a BA degree.

A left-arm pace bowler, Palmer played cricket for Canterbury in the 1892–93 and 1893–94 seasons. On his first-class debut he took 3 for 22 and 5 for 32 to help Canterbury to a two-wicket victory over Otago. The next season, when a selected player had to withdraw, he played in New Zealand's first representative first-class match, against New South Wales in Christchurch.

On 3 June 1902 he married Edith Tabart at St Mark's Church, Opawa, Christchurch. They bought a sheep farm at Whatatutu, north of Gisborne, and moved there. He served as a member of Waikohu County Council for several years.

Palmer had been in poor health for some time before his death, and travelled to Dunedin for an operation, but it was unsuccessful, and he died at the age of 47. He and Edith had a daughter, Peggy.