Arthur James Michael Milner, 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds (12 September 1923 – 20 August 2003), was a British solicitor and Labour Party politician.

Biography

Milner was the only son of

James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds, (12 August 1889 – 16 July 1967), was a British Labour Party politician. Biography Milner was educated at the University of Leeds and became a solicitor. He was a major in World War I and was wounde ...

, and was born in

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in 1923. He was educated in

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and

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, with an interruption of four years, when Milner served in the

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as a Flight Lieutenant. He graduated with a

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in 1948, working then as solicitor in his family firm. In July 1967, he inherited his father's title. Milner was Assistant Labour Whip from 1971 to 1974, and retired when

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 23 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 197 ...

became

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again. After the

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, he was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the

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, a reference to his continual support for Labour and to his father. He was further a Member of the

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and Honorary Treasurer of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London between 1967 and 1970.

Marriage and children

Milner married twice. Firstly, he married Sheila Margaret Hartley on 31 March 1951. They had three children:The peerage.com, entry for 2nd Lord Milner of Leeds
/ref> * Hon. Geraldine Jane Milner (born 24 November 1954) * Hon. Meredith Ann Milner (born 28 September 1956, died 31 December 1993) * Richard James Milner, 3rd Baron Milner of Leeds (born 16 May 1959) After his wife's death in 2000, Milner married secondly Helen Cutting Wilmerding in 2002. Milner died in 2003 at the age of 79 and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Richard.

Arms

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References

* 1923 births 2003 deaths Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 2 Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers British solicitors Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 People educated at Oundle School {{UK-baron-stub