Simon Milne
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Preceded byStephen Blackmore
BornSimon Stephen Milne
January 1959 (age 67)
January 1959 (age 67)
Spouse
Françoise Milne
(m. 1993)Children3
Simon Milne | |
|---|---|
| Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Blackmore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Simon Stephen Milne January 1959 (age 67) |
| Spouse |
Françoise Milne (m. 1993) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  Royal Navy Marines |
| Years of service | 1976–2000 |
Sir Simon Stephen Milne MBE FRGS (born January 1959) is a Royal Marines officer and conservationist who has been Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh since 2014.
Born in 1959, Milne was educated at the University of St Andrews and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[1][2] He was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1976 and served in Northern Ireland and Bosnia.[3] He was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1996. He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and was invalided in 2000. He was later made a member of Her Majesty's bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in July 2011.[4]