Social Victorians/People/Milner

Also Known As

 * Family name: Milner

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Family of Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Bt.

 * Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Bt. (7 November 1849 – 8 June 1931)
 * Adeline Gertrude Denison Beckett-Denison (14 May 1859 – 7 July 1902)
 * Doreen Maud Milner ( – 2 August 1965)
 * Violet Helen Milner (7 June 1883 – 28 November 1919)
 * Sir William Frederick Victor Mordaunt Milner, 8th Bt. (2 October 1893 – 19 March 1960)

Family of Henry Beilby William Milner

 * Henry Beilby William Milner (before 17 December 1823 – 7 June 1876)
 * Charlotte Henrietta Beresford ( – 15 September 1884)
 * Mary Emmeline Laura Milner (5 November 1854 – 19 February 1918)
 * Major Edward Milner (30 January 1858 – 28 April 1937)
 * Ethel Elizabeth Louisa Milner (4 September 1860 – 28 October 1931)
 * Brig.-Gen. George Francis Milner (10 July 1862 – 20 June 1921)
 * Harry (Marcus Henry) Milner (16 April 1864 – 16 January 1939)
 * Emily Constance Frederica Milner (26 September 1866 – 30 October 1889)



Timeline
1877 August 7, Mary Emmeline Laura Milner and William Cansfield Gerard (later 2nd Baron Gerard of Bryn) married.

1880 October 19, Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Bt. and Adeline Gertrude Denison Beckett-Denison married.

1882 October 28, Ethel Elizabeth Louisa Milner and John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham married.

1897 July 2, Captain G. Milner attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1910 April 21, George Francis Milner and Phyllis Mary Lycett Green married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball

Captain G. Milner (at 617), probably George Francis Milner, was dressed as Sir Percevale [sic] in the Queen Guinevere and the Knights of the Round Table of King Arthur procession.

Mr. H. Milner (at 612) — Harry (Marcus Henry) Milner — was dressed as a "Chasseur, Louis XV., ... after the picture by Van Loo; coat, Louis XV. period; turquoises richly embroidered on skirts, cuffs, breast, and pockets with beautiful gold embroidery; laced shirt and jabot, buff riding breeches; hat, three cornered, laced and edged with gold."

Notes and Questions

 * 1) Milners who attended notable social events at this time: Captain G. F. Milner (Captain Milner, lst Life Guards), Mary Emmeline Laura Milner, Ethel Elizabeth Louisa Milner, Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford Graham Stirling-Crawford Milner, Duchess of Montrose, Mr. H. Milner, Lady Mary Milner (Mary Emmeline Laura Milner?), Miss Emily Milner, Sir Frederick and Lady Milner, Hon. W. and Mrs. Gerard and Miss Milner, Hon. W. and Mrs. Gerard and Miss Ethel Milner
 * 2) Mr. H. Milner is most likely Harry (Marcus Henry) Milner, who married the Duchess of Montrose.
 * 3) Henry Beilby William Milner was the grandson of the 4th Baronet Milner; after Sir Frederick died without surviving male issue, the line went back to the surviving male issue of the 4th Bart.
 * 4) Alfred Milner, 1st and last Viscount Milner (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was prominent in politics and law and, between 1882 and 1885, was sub-editor of the Pall Mall Gazette.