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Mark Milbank (MP)

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Mark Milbank
Member of Parliament
for Camelford
In office
1820–1832
Preceded byCamelford's representation suspended 1819-1820
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
In office
1818–1819
Preceded byWilliam Leader
Samuel Scott
Succeeded byJohn Stewart
Lewis Allsopp
Personal details
Born(1795-05-02)2 May 1795
Well, North Yorkshire
Died21 October 1881(1881-10-21) (aged 86)
Spouse
Lady Augusta Henrietta Vane
(m. 1817; died 1874)
Children7, including Frederick
Parent(s)William Milbank
Dorothy Wise
EducationHarrow School
Alma materOriel College, Oxford

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

Early life

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The Milbank seat, Thorp Perrow Hall.

Milbank was born on 2 May 1795 and baptised at Well, North Yorkshire.[1] He was the eldest son of William Milbank and Dorothy (née Wise) Milbank.[2] His father bought Thorp Perrow Hall, Snape Castle, and Snape village in 1798.[3][4]

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.[5] His maternal grandfather was John Wise of Woolston, Devon.[2]

He was educated at Harrow School from 1805 to 1813 before matriculating at Oriel College, Oxford in 1813.[2]

Career

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He succeeded to his father's estates in North Yorkshire in 1802, including Barningham Park, which had been home to the Milbank family since 1690. He was elected to Brooks's in February 1818.[2] His wife, Lady Augusta, created the pinetum on the family estate.[3]

Milbank was returned for the borough of Camelford 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 Sheldon Cradock, 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 Marquess of Hertford).[2]

Milbank was a captain in the 4th North Riding 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 High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1837 to 1838,[6] as well as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire.[7]

Personal life

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Portrait of his second son, Frederick, by Maria Mosely, 1846

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 William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and Lady Catherine Powlett (a daughter of the 6th Duke of Bolton).[8] Together, they were the parents of four sons and three daughters, including:[9]

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 192.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Jenkins, Terry. "MILBANK, Mark (1795-1881), of Thorpe Perrow; Barningham Park, Yorks. and 25 Bruton Street , Mdx". www.histparl.ac.uk. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Thorp Perrow Hall (1190139)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. ^ Horsfall, Thomas (1912). Notes on the Manor of Well and Snape in the North Riding of the County of York. Whitehead. p. 83. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ^ L. G. Pine, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 99th edition (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1949), page 1382.
  6. ^ "No. 19462". The London Gazette. 31 January 1837. p. 232.
  7. ^ a b c d e Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2684.
  8. ^ The Law Reports: And Cases in Lunacy and on Appeal Therefrom in the Court of Appeal. Chancery Division. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. 1893. p. 80. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  9. ^ Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. H. Colburn. 1847. p. 866. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Nicholas Edmund Yarburgh
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
1837–1838
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Camelford
1818–1819
With: John Bushby Maitland
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Constituency suspended
Member of Parliament for Camelford
18201832
With: The Earl of Yarmouth
Sheldon Cradock
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished