The Milman Baronetcy, of Levaton-in-Woodland in the County of Devon, is a title in the

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. It was created on 28 November 1800 for Francis Milman, Physician-in-Ordinary to King

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and President of the

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. The seventh Baronet was a

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in the

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Milman baronets, of Levaton-in-Woodland (1800)

* Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet (1746–1821) * Sir William George Milman, 2nd Baronet (1781–1857) * Sir William Milman, 3rd Baronet (1813–1885) * Sir Francis John Milman, 4th Baronet (1842–1922) * Sir Francis Milman, 5th Baronet (1872–1946) * Sir William Ernest Milman, 6th Baronet (1875–1962) * Sir Lionel Charles Patrick Milman, 7th Baronet (1877–1962) * Sir Dermot Lionel Kennedy Milman, 8th Baronet (1912–1990) * Sir Derek Milman, 9th Baronet (1918–1999) * Sir David Patrick Milman, 10th Baronet (born 1945) The heir apparent is the present holder's son Thomas Hart Milman (born 1976).

Extended family

*Francis Miles Milman (1783–1856), second son of the first Baronet, was a

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in the

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. He was the father of (1) Egerton Charles William Miles Milman, a

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in the Army, and (2) Gustavus Hamilton Lockwood Milman (died 1915), a major-general in the

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. The latter married Louisa Mary, ''suo jure'' 15th Baroness Berkeley. Their daughter Eva Mary succeeded her mother in the barony (see

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for further history of this title). *The Very Reverend Henry Hart Milman, third son of the first Baronet, was a historian and ecclesiastic.

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