Mark Milbank JP DL (2 May 1795 – 21 October 1881) was an English landowner and Whig politician.

Early life

Milbank was born on 2 May 1795 and baptised at

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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. He was the eldest son of William Milbank and Dorothy ( Wise) Milbank. His father bought Thorp Perrow Hall,

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, and Snape village in 1798. His father was born illegitimately and named William Melville at birth but had his name legally changed to William Milbank by Royal Warrant in 1792 in order for him inherit the estates of his father, Mark Milbank.L. G. Pine, editor, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 99th edition'' (

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Ltd, 1949), page 1382. His maternal grandfather was John Wise of Woolston, Devon. He was educated at

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from 1805 to 1813 before matriculating at

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in 1813.

Career

He succeeded to his father's estates in

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in 1802, including

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, which had been home to the Milbank family since 1690. He was elected to

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in February 1818. His wife, Lady Augusta, created the pinetum on the

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. Milbank was returned for the borough of

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in 1818 on his father-in-law Lord Darlington's interest, but was unseated on petition. Two years later in 1820, however, he was returned unopposed. At the general election in summer 1822, Milbank and

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, another nominee of his father-in-law, were returned for Camelford ahead of two candidates of The Earl of Yarmouth (who had to leave the House upon becoming the 3rd

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). Milbank was a captain in the 4th

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Militia in 1814, a Lieutenant with the West Riding Yeomanry in June 1819, Captain in December 1819, before resigning in April 1820. He served as

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from 1837 to 1838, as well as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire.

Personal life

On 2 June 1817, Milbank was married to Lady Augusta Henrietta Vane (1796–1874) at St James's, Westminster. Lady Augusta was a daughter of

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and Lady Catherine Powlett (a daughter of the 6th Duke of Bolton). Together, they were the parents of four sons and three daughters, including: * Mark William Vane Milbank (1819–1883), who married Barbarina Sophia Farquhar, daughter of

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. *

Frederick Acclom Milbank Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank, 1st Baronet (21 April 1820 – 28 April 1898), was a British Liberal Member of Parliament. Early life Milbank was born on 21 April 1820 in London. He was the son of Lady Augusta Vane and Mark Milbank, MP for Cam ...

(1820–1898), a Liberal MP for

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and

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who was created a baronet in 1882; he married Alexina Harriet Elizabeth Don, daughter of Sir Alexander Don, 6th Baronet, in 1844. * Augusta Caroline Milbank (1821–1889), who married Henry Foster Coore in 1841.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2684. * Henry John Milbank (1824–1872), who married Lady Margaret Grey, daughter of

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and Lady Katherine Charteris (a daughter of the 8th Earl of Wemyss), in 1846. After her death in 1852, he married Lady Susan Osborne, daughter of

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and Harriet Stewart (an illegitimate daughter of the 1st Earl Granville), in 1864. Lady Augusta died in 1874. Milbank died on 21 October 1881. Upon his death, his estates passed in turn to his sons Mark and Frederick.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milbank, Mark 1795 births 1881 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Camelford UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826