Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-, 1858-1945, Marquess of Crewe, politician
Biographical notes:
1883 assistant private secretary to the foreign secretary; 1885 entered House of Lords as Baron Houghton; 1886 lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria; 1886-1887 Liberal whip; 1889 travelled to Egypt and published poetry; 1892-1895 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; 1895 created earl of Crewe; 1905-1908 and 1915-1916 Lord President of the Council; 1908-1910 colonial secretary; 1908-1911 and 1912-1915 Lord Privy Seal; 1908-1916 leader of the House of Lords; 1910-1915 secretary of state for India; 1911 made marquess, earl of Madeley; 1912 Lord Lieutenant of the County of London; 1916 president of the Board of Education; 1917-1918 chairman of the London County Council; 1918-1944 chancellor of the University of Sheffield; 1922-1928 ambassador to France; 1931 secretary of state for war; 1936-1944 leader of the independent Liberals in the House of Lords.
Epithet: politician
Title: Marquess of Crewe
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x000079
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- Taplow, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Glasgow, Scotland (as recorded)
- Gopsall Park, Leicestershire (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Great Britain, Europe (as recorded)
- Alloa House, Clackmannanshire (as recorded)
- Solza, Austria (as recorded)
- Puncheston, Pembrokeshire (as recorded)
- Escrick Park, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Dalby Hall, Little Dalby (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Wing Ascott Park, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- North America, America (as recorded)
- Compton Place, Sussex (as recorded)
- Highclere Castle, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Stowe House, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Dorking, Surrey (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Paris, France (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Fiji, Melanesia (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Perth, Scotland (as recorded)
- Stockbridge, Hampshire (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Switzerland, Europe (as recorded)
- Dinnet, Aberdeenshire (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Siam, Kingdom of, Asia (as recorded)
- Wynyard Park, Stockton on Tees (as recorded)
- Chatsworth House, Nottinghamshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- United Provinces, India (as recorded)
- Derby, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Waterloo, Belgium (as recorded)
- Germany, etc., and transactions in particular reigns. Weimar Republic (as recorded)
- United States, North America (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Castle Rising, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Gibraltar, Europe (as recorded)
- Breda, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- London, county of, England (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Ceylon, Asia (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Ascot Heath, Berkshire (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- New Delhi, India (as recorded)
