Nun Appleton Hall, Nun Appleton Estate (geograph 4103714)

Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Baronet (6 October 1754 – 9 September 1811) of Nun Appleton Hall, Yorkshire, was a British

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and

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. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Milner, 2nd Baronet, of Nun Appleton by Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Revd. George Mordaunt. He was educated at

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between 1766 and 1769. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1774. He served in the British Army as a cornet in the

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from 1772 to 1776. Later in his life he would serve as an officer in the volunteer militia. He was elected Lord Mayor of York for 1787–88 and again for a second term for 1798–99. He represented the city of

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from 1790 to 1811 as a Whig in both the Parliament of Great Britain, and from the

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the

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. He married in 1776, Diana, the daughter of

Humphrey Sturt Humphrey Sturt (''c.'' 1724 – 20 October 1786) was a British landowner, architect and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1784. Early life and family Sturt was the son of Humphrey Sturt (1687-1740) of Horton and Diana ...

of Crichel More, Dorset. They had 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was succeeded by his son Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, 4th Baronet.

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