The Viscount Milner | |
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Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921 | |
Preceded by | Walter Long |
Succeeded by | Winston Churchill |
Secretary of State for War | |
In office 18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby |
Succeeded by | Winston Churchill |
1st Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony | |
In office 23 June 1902 – 1 April 1905 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Preceded by | Himself as Administrator of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony |
Succeeded by | William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne |
Administrator of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony | |
In office 4 January 1901 – 23 June 1902 | |
Monarchs | Queen Victoria Edward VII |
Lieutenant | Hamilton John Goold-Adams |
Preceded by | Office Established Christiaan de Wet As State President of the Orange Free State (31 May 1902) Schalk Willem Burger As President of the South African Republic (31 May 1902) |
Succeeded by | Himself As Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony |
Governor of the Cape Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa | |
In office 5 May 1897 – 6 March 1901 | |
Monarchs | Queen Victoria Edward VII |
Prime Minister | John Gordon Sprigg William Schreiner John Gordon Sprigg |
Preceded by | Sir William Howley Goodenough |
Succeeded by | Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson |
Personal details | |
Born | Alfred Milner 23 March 1854 Gießen, Upper Hesse, Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Died | 13 May 1925 Great Wigsell, East Sussex, England | (aged 71)
Resting place | Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, East Sussex, England |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Violet Milner |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen King's College London Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Colonial administrator, statesman |
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, KG, GCB, GCMG, PC (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a very important role in the formulation of British foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s. From December 1916 to November 1918, he was one of the most important members of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's War cabinet.