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Milner, Viscount (UK, 1902 - 1925)
Creation: let.pat. 15 Jul 1902
Extinct: 16 May 1925
Family name: Milner
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Arms:
Per chevron Vert and Or two Snaffle Bits erect in chief Or and a Stag's Head erased in base proper
Crest:
In front of a Stag's Head erased proper gorged with a Bar Gemel a Snaffle Bit fesswise Or
Supporters:
On either side a Springbok gorged with a Wreath of Oak fructed proper
Motto:
Acer Non Effrenus
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Alfred [Milner], 1st Viscount Milner, KG GCB GCMG PC
son of Dr Charles Milner by his wife Mary Ierne Ready, dau, of Maj General ..... Ready, Governor of the Isle of Man
born
23 Mar 1854
mar.
26 Feb 1921 Violet Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil (widow of Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil KCMG DSO (b. 12 Jul 1867; d. 13 Dec 1918), 4th son of Robert Arthur Talbot [Gascoyne-Cecil], 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; d. 10 Oct 1958), 2nd dau. of Adm Frederick Augustus Maxse (by his wife Cecilia Steel, dau. of Gen Steel), 2nd son of James Maxse by his wife Lady Caroline Fitzhardinge Berkeley, 3rd dau. of Frederick Augustus [Berkeley], 5th Earl of Berkeley
died
s.p. 16 May 1925
created
27 May 1901 Baron Milner, of St James's, London, and Capetown in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
15 Jul 1902 Viscount Milner
note
Barrister-at-law, Inner Temple 1881; Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1887-89; Under-Secretary for Finance in Egypt 1889-92; Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue 1892-97; CB 1894; KCB 1895; GCMG 1897; Governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1897-1901; High Commissioner for South Africa 1897-1905; Privy Councillor 1901; GCB 1901; Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony 1901-05; Minister without Portfolio and a member of the War Cabinet 1916-18; Secretary of State for War 1918-19; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1919-21; Knight of the Garter 1921
First written 5 Sep 2012
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