Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank, 1st Baronet (21 April 1820 – 28 April 1898), was a British

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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

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and

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes.'' Crans,

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 192. Among his siblings were Mark William Vane Milbank (who married a daughter of

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),Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2684. 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). His paternal grandparents were Dorothy ( Wise) Milbank and William Milbank, who bought Thorp Perrow Hall,

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, and Snape village in 1798. His maternal grandparents were

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and Lady Catherine Powlett (a daughter of the 6th Duke of Bolton).

Career

In 1842, Milbank inherited estates at

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and

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in county Durham from his maternal grandfather, the 1st Duke of Cleveland. He served as a Lieutenant in the

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. As a Liberal, Milbank was elected to the

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for the

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in 1865, a seat he held until 1885, and then represented

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until 1886. On 16 May 1882 he was created a

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, of Well in the

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, and of

in the

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Personal life

In 1844 Milbank married Alexina "Aline" Harriet Don (–1919), daughter of

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and the author Grace Jane Stein (a daughter of Edinburgh banker and distiller John Stein). They were parents of: * Alice Frederica Milbank (1845–1902), who married

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in 1888. * Wilhelmina Louisa Milbank (1846–1903), who died unmarried. * William Harry Vane Milbank (1848–1892), who married Désiré Baruch ( Vandenberg), widow of Edward Charles, Marquis de Belleroche, becoming the stepfather of painter Count Albert de Belleroche. * Powlett Charles John Milbank (1852–1918), who married Edith Mary Green-Price, a daughter of Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet in 1875. Sir Frederick died in April 1898, aged 78, at

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, in

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. He was succeeded by his second son Powlett as his eldest son predeceased him without male issue.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

Extramarital relationship

Reportedly, Sir Frederick had a child, named Madeleine Augusta Crabb, out of wedlock with the stage actress (and artist's model to

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) known as Ruth Herbert ( Louisa Ruther Herbert Maynard). Madeleine married Brig.-Gen. Sir

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, MP for

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, in 1887.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Milbank, Sir Frederick, 1st Baronet 1820 births 1898 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886