Frederick Milbank

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Early life

Milbank was born on 21 April 1820 in London. He was the son of Lady Augusta Vane and Mark Milbank, MP for Camelford and High Sheriff of Yorkshire.[1] Among his siblings were Mark William Vane Milbank (who married a daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet),[2] and Henry John Milbank (who married a daughter of the 8th Baron Grey of Groby, and Lady Susan Osborne, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Leeds).[3]

His paternal grandparents were Dorothy (Template:Nee Wise) Milbank and William Milbank, who bought Thorp Perrow Hall, Snape Castle, and Snape village in 1798.[4][5] His maternal grandparents were William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and Lady Catherine Powlett (a daughter of the 6th Duke of Bolton).[6]

Career

In 1842, Milbank inherited estates at Hart and Hartlepool in county Durham from his maternal grandfather, the 1st Duke of Cleveland.[7] He served as a Lieutenant in the 79th Highlanders.[2]

As a Liberal,[8] Milbank was elected to the House of Commons for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1865, a seat he held until 1885, and then represented Richmond until 1886. On 16 May 1882 he was created a Baronet, of Well in the County of York, and of Hart in the County of Durham.[9]

Personal life

In 1844 Milbank married Alexina "Aline" Harriet Don (c.Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".–1919),[10] daughter of Sir Alexander Don, 6th Baronet and the author Grace Jane Stein (a daughter of Edinburgh banker and distiller John Stein). They were parents of:[11]

Sir Frederick died in April 1898, aged 78, at Barningham Park, Barnard Castle, in Barningham, County Durham.[15] He was succeeded by his second son Powlett as his eldest son predeceased him without male issue.[16]

Extramarital relationship

Reportedly, Sir Frederick had a child, named Madeleine Augusta Crabb, out of wedlock with the stage actress (and artist's model to Dante Gabriel Rossetti) known as Ruth Herbert (Template:Nee Louisa Ruther Herbert Maynard). Madeleine married Brig.-Gen. Sir Conyers Surtees, MP for Gateshead, in 1887.[17]

References

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  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 192.
  2. a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2684.
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