Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet

High Sheriff of Yorkshire
Ralph Milbanke
NationalityBritish
Parent(s)Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet, Lady Milbanke

Sir Ralph Milbanke (1725–1798) was an English baronet and Member of Parliament for Scarborough between 1754–61 and later for Richmond between 1761 and 1768.[1][2]

Life

Milbanke was born 1725 into an aristocratic landed Yorkshire family.[3] His father was Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet of Halnaby in the County of York who had served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1721.[4][5] Milbanke himself served as High Sheriff of the same county for 1753–54.[6]

Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet, by James Northcote, shown in the uniform of the North York Militia.

In January 1759 during the Seven Years' War he was appointed Colonel of the reformed Richmondshire Battalion, North York Militia. When the militia was called out again in 1778 during the American War of Independence, while the country was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, he was colonel of the combined North York Militia regiment.[7]

He married Elizabeth Hedworth in 1748.[2] They had issue:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sir Ralph Milbanke". collections.soane.org. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "MILBANKE, Sir Ralph, 5th Bt. (?1721-98), of Halnaby Hall, Yorks. | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ COKAYNE, G. E. (2015). COMPLETE BARONETAGE : 1611-1625 (classic reprint). [Place of publication not identified]: FORGOTTEN Books. ISBN 978-1-332-23234-5. OCLC 975477872.
  5. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ^ "No. 9240". The London Gazette. 12 January 1753. p. 1.
  7. ^ Major Robert Bell Turton, The History of the North York Militia, now known as the Fourth Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Leeds: Whitehead, 1907/Stockton-on-Tees: Patrick & Shotton, 1973, ISBN 0-903169-07-X, pp. 40–1, 49–51, 56, Appendices K & S.
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Ralph Milbanke
 Baronet
(of Halnaby)
1748–1798 		Succeeded by


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