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 Member of Parliament 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 Bassetlaw and joined the Privy Council in 1900. The eighth baronet was an architect with Milner and Craze. George Francis Milner, son of Henry Beilby William Milner, second son of the fourth baronet, was a brigadier-general 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 Sir William Milner, 1st Baronet (c.1696–1745) of Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1734. Milner was the eldest son of William Milner of Nun Appleton, and his wife Mary Ibbetson, ...

(–1745) * Sir William Milner, 2nd Baronet (–1774) * Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Baronet (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 (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 (1936-2024) * Sir Marcus Charles Mordaunt Milner, 11th Baronet (born 1968) The heir apparent is the current holder's eldest son, Lucas Lane Mordaunt Milner (born 2002).

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