Milner Baronets
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The Milner Baronetcy, of Nun Appleton Hall in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 February 1717 for William Milner, later Member of Parliament
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 for York. The second Baronet was Receiver-General of Excise
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. The third and fifth Baronets both represented York in the House of Commons
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. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for York and Bassetlaw
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 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1900.

George Francis Milner, son of Henry Beilby William Milner, second son of the fourth Baronet, was a Brigadier-General in the British Army
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. His son was the ninth Baronet.

Milner Baronets, of Nun Appleton Hall (1717)

  • Sir William Milner, 1st Baronet (c. 1696-1745)
  • Sir William Milner, 2nd Baronet (c. 1725-1774)
  • Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Baronet (1754-1811)
  • Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, 4th Baronet (1779-1855)
  • Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner, 5th Baronet (1820-1867)
  • Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 6th Baronet (1848-1880)
  • Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet
    Sir Frederick Milner, 7th Baronet
    Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet was born in November 1849 and educated at Eton and Oxford University.He became the MP for York from 1883 until losing at the 1885 General Election , and then the MP for Bassetlaw from 1890 to 1906...

    (1849-1931)
  • Sir William Frederick Victor Mordaunt Milner, 8th Baronet (1893-1960)
  • Sir George Edward Mordaunt Milner, 9th Baronet (1911-1995)
  • Sir Timothy William Lycett Milner, 10th Baronet (b. 1936)
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