Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet
English baronet and Member of Parliament (1725–1798)
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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]
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Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke by James Northcote, 1784. Milbanke is shown in the uniform of the North Yorkshire Militia | |
| Parent(s) | Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet, Lady Milbanke |
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]
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]
Family
He married Elizabeth Hedworth in 1748.[2] They had issue:[3]
- Sir Ralph Noel, 6th Bt. (1747-1825)
- John Milbanke
- Elizabeth Milbanke (1751-1818), married Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne in 1769. She was the mother of the future Prime Minister Lord Melbourne and Emily, the wife of Lord Palmerston
