Sir William Milner, 5th Baronet explained

Sir William Milner
Office:	Member of Parliament for City of York
Term Start:	24 May 1848
Term End:	30 March 1857
Alongside:	John George Smyth
Predecessor:	John George Smyth Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke
Successor:	John George Smyth Joshua Westhead
Birth Date:	20 June 1820
Birth Place:	Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England
Nationality:	British
Party:	Whig
Parents:	William Milner Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck
Children:	Seven, including William Mordaunt Milner and Frederick George Milner

Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner, 5th Baronet (20 June 1820 – 12 February 1867)^[1] was a Whig politician.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Born and baptised in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Milner was the son of William Mordaunt Sturt Milner and Harriet Elizabeth née Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of Lord Edward Bentinck and Elizabeth Cumberland. He married Lady Georgiana Anne Lumley—daughter of Frederick Lumley-Savile and Charlotte Mary Beresford—in 1844, and they had at least seven children: Edith Harriet (1845–1921); Evelyn Selina (–1900); William Mordaunt (1848–1880); Frederick George (1849–1931); Granville Henry (1852–1911); Dudley Francis (1854–1882); and Edward Carolus (1858–1918).^[5]

Milner was first elected Whig MP for City of York at a by-election in 1848—caused by the death of Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke—and held the seat until 1857, when he did not seek re-election.^{[6] [5]}

Milner succeeded to the Baronetcy of Nun Appleton Hall on 24 March 1855 upon the death of William Mordaunt Sturt Milner. Upon his own death in 1867, the title was inherited by William Mordaunt Milner.^{[7] [5]}

Bird Collection

William Milner put together an important collection of stuffed British Birds, including a Great Auk.^[8] He also wrote a 'Nomenclature of British Birds'.^[9] The collection was loaned to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society in 1877^[10] and purchased by the City of Leeds (now Leeds Museums and Galleries) in 1921.^[11] A large portion of it was destroyed on 15 March 1941 when a bomb landed on the City Museum, Park Row, Leeds.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "Y" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729152947/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ycommons.htm. 29 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
2. News: The Pilot . 28 July 2018 . 24 May 1848 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. News: York City Election . 28 July 2018 . Bucks Chronicle and Bucks Gazette . 27 May 1848 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
4. News: Derry Journal . 28 July 2018 . 31 May 1848 . 1 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner . The Peerage . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729154449/http://www.thepeerage.com/p4685.htm . 29 July 2018 . 21 July 2018 . live.
6. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 346–347.
7. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . Baronetcies beginning with "M" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729153825/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsM3.htm. 29 July 2018 . usurped . 18 September 2017 .
8. Brown . Clare M. . 2011 . Great Auk material at Leeds Museum . The Naturalist . 1077 . 127–132.
9. Book: Milner, William M. . Nomenclature of British Birds . H. Sotheran . 1858 . York.
10. Anonymous, 1878 The Fifty-eighth Report of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1877-78, Leeds, p9
11. Book: Brears, Peter . Of Curiosities and Rare Things: The Story of Leeds City Museums . The Friends of Leeds City Museums . 1989 . 0 907588 07 7 . Leeds . 1989 . 18–20.