Milnes is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of British and Scottish origin, a variant of the surname

Mills Mills is the plural form of mill, but may also refer to: As a name * Mills (surname), a common family name of English or Gaelic origin * Mills (given name) *Mills, a fictional British secret agent in a trilogy by writer Manning O'Brine Places U ...

.Milnes Name Meaning and History
citing Notable people with the surname include: * Eric Milnes (born 1959), American harpsichordist, organist and conductor * Fred Milnes (1878–1946), English footballer *

Richard Slater Milnes Richard Slater Milnes (December 1759 – 2 June 1804) was an English heir, landowner and politician. The heir to a cloth fortune, he served in the British Parliament, where he championed the abolitionist cause. Early life Richard Slater Milnes ...

(1759–1804), English politician *

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS (19 June 1809 – 11 August 1885) was an English poet, patron of literature and a politician who strongly supported social justice. Background and education Milnes was born in London, the son ...

, English poet and politician * Robert Milnes (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rodney Milnes Rodney Milnes Blumer OBE (26 July 1936 – 5 December 2015) was an English music critic, musicologist, writer, translator and broadcaster, with a particular interest in opera.Rodney Milnes. ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. Macmillan, ...

(1936–2015), English opera critic and musicologist * Sherrill Milnes, American baritone famous for his Verdi roles * Thomas Milnes (1870–1954), Canadian politician * Thomas Milnes (sculptor) (c. 1810 – 1888), English sculptor

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