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Milne, Alastair David, brother of George Duncan Nicholson Milne (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1913; adm. May 1927 (H); left July 1931; Guy's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1937; RAMC 1939-45 (Capt.), despatches (NW Europe) Mar. 1945; practised at Streatham; d. July 1949.

Milne, Alan Alexander, brother of Kenneth John Milne (q.v.); b. Jan. 18, 1882; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies) July 1900 (adm. sub-sizar Sept. 30, 1900); B.A. 1903; asst. editor of Punch 1906-14; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Royal Warwicks Regt. Feb. 17, 1915; author of The Stepmother (1921), and other plays; his nursery books Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner achieved a world-wide success and have been translated into numerous foreign languages; author of an autobiography It's too Late Now (1937); m. June 1913, Dorothy, daughter of Martin de Selincourt; d. Jan. 31, 1956; his widow presented to the school the original M.S. of Winnie the Pooh 1961.

MILMAN, SIR WILLIAM, BART., brother of Francis Milman (qv); b. 21 Nov 1813; adm. 23 Sep 1824; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Jan 1833; BA 1837; adm. Inner Temple 23 Jan 1832, called to bar 4 May 1841; Oxford Circuit; succ. father as 3rd baronet 21 Aug 1857; m. 26 Oct 1841 Matilda Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. John Pretyman, Rector of Sherington, Bucks.; d. 17 Jun 1885.

MILMAN, WILLIAM HENRY, eldest son of Very Rev. Henry Hart Milman DD, Dean of St. Paul’s, and Mary Anne, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Cockell, Sandleford Lodge, Berks.; b. 25 Apr 1825; adm. 5 Oct 1835; QS 1839; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student 1843-58; BA 1847; MA 1850; rowed v. Cambridge 1845, 1846; President, OUBC 1846; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1849, priest (London) 1850; Curate, Christ Church, Regent’s Park, London, subsequently Hoxton, Middlesex; Librarian, Sion Coll., 1856; Rector of St. Augustine with St. Faith, City of London, from 31 Jan 1857; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s from 17 Feb 1859, Senior Cardinal from 1875; m. 13 Dec 1884 Juliet Margaret, elder dau. of Sir George Campbell KCSI MP; d. 9 Jun 1908.

MILMAN, ROBERT, brother of Francis Milman (qv); b. 25 Jan 1816; adm. 23 Sep 1824; left 1833; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1833, scholar 2 Jun 1834; BA 1838; MA and DD 1867; ordained deacon 20 Oct 1839, priest 27 Sep 1840 (both Peterborough); Vicar of Chaddleworth, Berks., 1840-51; Vicar of Lambourne, Berks., 1851-62; Vicar of Great Marlow, Bucks., 1862-7; consecrated Bishop of Calcutta 2 Feb 1867; an energetic prelate and popular with Indians of all classes; unsuccessfully urged a legal and canonical division of the Indian dioceses; author, Life of Torquato Tasso, 1850, and other works; d. unm. at Rawalpindi 15 Mar 1876. DNB.

MILMAN, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir William George Milman, Bart., and Elizabeth Hurry, only dau. of Robert Alderson, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, Recorder of Ipswich; b. 21 Jul 1811; adm. 23 Sep 1824; d. 27 Jun 1832.

MILMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, brother of Francis Milman (qv); b. 19 Aug 1817; adm. 23 Sep 1824; Ensign, 33rd Foot 27 Nov 1835; Lieut., 28 Dec 1838; Capt. 27 Sep 1844; retd. 11 Sep 1849; d. 21 Dec 1850.

MILMAN, ARTHUR, brother of William Henry Milman (qv); b. 10 Jan 1829; adm. 23 Jan 1837; QS (Capt. ) 1842; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845; Capt. of the School 1846; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1846, matr. 4 Jun 1846, Westminster Student 1846-60; won University Pairs with Edmund Charles Burton (qv) 1846, and with William Gordon Rich (qv) 1847; rowed in Christ Church eight which was head of the river 1847-8, and bow of Christ Church four 1848; BA 1850; MA 1853; adm. Inner Temple 14 Apr 1848, called to bar 17 Nov 1853; Commissary of Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s 1869; Assistant Registrar and Librarian, Univ. London 1873-9, Registrar and Librarian 1879; m. 6 Apr 1872 Frances Mary, second dau. of John Laurence Tatham, West Hill, Highgate, Middlesex, barrister, Bencher Grays’ Inn; d. 23 Jan 1913.

MILMAN, SIR ARCHIBALD JOHN SCOTT, brother of William Henry Milman (qv); b. 2 Feb 1834; adm. 27 Oct 1841; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Dec 1851, matr. 1852; BA 1856; MA 1859; Clerk, Post Office 1855-7; Junior Clerk, House of Commons 1857-66, Assistant Clerk 1866, Second Clerk Assistant 1870-86, Clerk Assistant 1886-1900; Clerk of the House of Commons 6 Feb 1900 – 16 Jan 1902; CB 20 Aug 1892; KCB 21 Jan 1902; m. 28 Dec 1871 Susan Augusta Carter, dau. of Robert Hanbury, Bolehall, Staffs.; d. 14 Feb 1902.

MILWARD, WILLIAM, third son of Robert Milward MP, Stafford, Staffs., and Middle Temple, London, Second Justice of Chester, and his first wife Isabel, eldest dau. and coheiress of Sir William Zouche, Kt, Codnor, Derbs.; b. ; adm. ; KS 1677 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, matr. 12 Dec 1679, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1679 - void 1688 ; BA 1683 ; ordained deacon 21 Feb 1685/6 (Oxford) ; Curate, Basingstoke, Hampshire (occurs 1686, 1691, as Millward, no given name recorded) ; m. (by Jun 1688) Ann, sister of Thomas Willis (at school under Busby, qv).