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==References == | <p> High [[Commissioner]] of South Africa since 1897, and [[Governor]] of the [[Transvaal]] and Orange River Colonies since 1901; a student of Balliol (graduating with a first class in classics), and a [[Fellow]] of New College, Oxford; called to the bar in 1881; [[Private]] [[Secretary]] to Mr. Goschen (1887-1889); Under-Secretary for Finance in Egypt (1889-1892); Chairman of the Inland [[Revenue]] Board, from 1892 to 1897, when he succeeded Lord Rosmead at the Cape; represented the Mother [[Country]] with great ability before and during the [[Boer]] War; visited [[England]] and raised to the peerage in 1901; declined the Colonial Secretaryship in 1903; resigned in 1905; <i> b </i> . 1854. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 15 October 2021
Viscount Milner [1]
High Commissioner of South Africa since 1897, and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies since 1901; a student of Balliol (graduating with a first class in classics), and a Fellow of New College, Oxford; called to the bar in 1881; Private Secretary to Mr. Goschen (1887-1889); Under-Secretary for Finance in Egypt (1889-1892); Chairman of the Inland Revenue Board, from 1892 to 1897, when he succeeded Lord Rosmead at the Cape; represented the Mother Country with great ability before and during the Boer War; visited England and raised to the peerage in 1901; declined the Colonial Secretaryship in 1903; resigned in 1905; b . 1854.