Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe: Papers c. 1860-1945

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Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-, 1858-1945 1st Marquess of Crewe, statesman

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Born, London, 1858; educated at Harrow, Trinity College Cambridge; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1883-1884; 2nd Baron Houghton of Great Houghton, Yorkshire, 1885; Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1886; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1892-1895; created Earl of Crewe, 1895; Lord President of the Council, 1905-1908, 1915-1916; Chairman, Governing Body of Imperial College, 1907-1922; knighted, 1908; Lord Privy Seal, 1908, 1912-1915; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1908...

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess Crewe

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Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1858-1945), statesman, was born in London on 12 January 1858, the only son of Richard Monckton Milnes, later 1st Baron Houghton, and Annabella Hungerford, daughter of the 2nd Baron Crewe. He attended Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1880), and became a baron on the death of his father in 1885. Crewe was viceroy of Ireland, 1892-1895, lord president of the council, 1905-1908 and 1915-1916, and lord privy seal, 1908-1911 and 1912-1915. He became le...