The Milner Baronetcy, of Nun Appleton Hall in the County of York. It is a title in the

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. It was created on 26 February 1717 for William Milner, later

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for

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and Grand Master of the

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. He was the son of William Milner (b.1662) Mayor of Leeds and his wife Mary, née Ibbetson. The second Baronet was Receiver-General of

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and

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. The third and fifth Baronets both represented York in the

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, while the fourth served as High Sheriff. The seventh Baronet succeeded his brother who died young: he was Member of Parliament for York and

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and joined the Privy Council in 1900. The eighth baronet was an architect with

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. George Francis Milner, son of Henry Beilby William Milner, second son of the fourth Baronet, was a

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in the

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. His son was the ninth Baronet. He relocated the family to South Africa, where the 10th Baronet now lives.

Milner baronets, of Nun Appleton Hall (1717)

John Ferneley William Murdaunt Sturt Milner

* Sir William Milner, 1st Baronet (–1745) * Sir William Milner, 2nd Baronet (–1774) *

Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Baronet Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Baronet (6 October 1754 – 9 September 1811) of Nun Appleton Hall, Yorkshire, was a British Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Milner, 2nd Baronet, of Nun ...

(1754–1811) * Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, 4th Baronet (1779–1855) * Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner, 5th Baronet (1820–1867) * Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 6th Baronet (1848–1880) *

Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet, (7 November 1849 – 8 June 1931) was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1883 to 1885, and from 1890 to 1906. Personal life Milner was born on 7 November 1849, ...

(1849–1931) * Sir William Frederick Victor Mordaunt Milner, 8th Baronet (1893–1960) * Sir George Edward Mordaunt Milner, 9th Baronet (1911–1995) * Sir Timothy William Lycett Milner, 10th Baronet (born 1936) The heir presumptive is the current holder's nephew, Marcus Charles Mordaunt Miller (born 1968).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012, M, 3 Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain 1717 establishments in Great Britain