Mark Milbank (MP)

Mark Milbank JP DL
Member of Parliament for Camelford
In office 1820–1832 Serving with The Earl of Yarmouth Sheldon Cradock
Preceded by	Camelford's representation suspended 1819-1820
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
In office 1818–1819 Serving with John Bushby Maitland
Preceded by	William Leader Samuel Scott
Succeeded by	John Stewart Lewis Allsopp
Personal details
Born	(1795-05-02)2 May 1795 Well, North Yorkshire
Died	21 October 1881(1881-10-21) (aged 86)
Spouse	Lady Augusta Henrietta Vane ​ ​ (m. 1817; died 1874)​
Children	7, including Frederick
Parent(s)	William Milbank Dorothy Wise
Education	Harrow School
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford

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

Early life

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

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

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]

• Mark William Vane Milbank (1819–1883), who married Barbarina Sophia Farquhar, daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet.[7]
• Frederick Acclom Milbank (1820–1898), a Liberal MP for North Riding of Yorkshire and Richmond who was created a baronet in 1882; he married Alexina Harriet Elizabeth Don, daughter of Sir Alexander Don, 6th Baronet, in 1844.[7]
• Augusta Caroline Milbank (1821–1889), who married Henry Foster Coore in 1841.[7]
• Henry John Milbank (1824–1872), who married Lady Margaret Grey, daughter of George Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Groby and Lady Katherine Charteris (a daughter of the 8th Earl of Wemyss), in 1846. After her death in 1852, he married Lady Susan Osborne, daughter of George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds and Harriet Stewart (an illegitimate daughter of the 1st Earl Granville), in 1864.[7]

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

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. 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. 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. 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 Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, Bt
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Leader Samuel Scott	Member of Parliament for Camelford 1818–1819 With: John Bushby Maitland	Succeeded by John Stewart Lewis Allsopp
Preceded by Constituency suspended	Member of Parliament for Camelford 1820–1832 With: The Earl of Yarmouth Sheldon Cradock	Succeeded by Constituency abolished