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MILBANKE, SIR RALPH, BART., eldest son of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart., and his second wife Anne, dau. of Edward Delaval MP, South Dissington, Northumberland; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1733; left 1740; succ. as 5th baronet 9 May 1748; MP Scarborough 1754-61, Richmond 1761-8; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1763; Col. North Yorkshire Militia from c. 1772, with rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; m. by 29 Jul 1747 Elizabeth, dau. of John Hedworth MP, Chester-le-Street, Durham; d. 8 Jan 1798.

MILBANKE, MARK, brother of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. (adm. 1733, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1733; left 1736; student, Naval Academy, Portsmouth Feb 1736/7; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 20 Apr 1744; Cdr., 13 Sep 1746; Post Capt., 21 May 1748; on successful mission to Emperor of Morocco to negotiate release of British captives 1759; sat on court-martial of Augustus Keppel (qv) 1779; Rear Adm., 19 Mar 1779; Vice Adm., 26 Sep 1780; appointed to a command in Grand Fleet under Richard Howe, Viscount Howe (qv) 1782; took part in relief of Gibraltar 1783; Port Admiral, Plymouth 1783-6; Commander-in-Chief, Newfoundland 1790-2; Adm., 1 Feb 1793; Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 14 Sep 1799 – 24 Mar 1803; m. 16 Jul 1768 (IGI) Mary Webber; d. 10 Jun 1805. DNB.

MILBANKE, JOHN, brother of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. (adm. 1733, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1733; left 1742; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1742; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Mar 1741/2; Grand Tour 1746-50 (including Italy), with Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester (adm. 1740, qv); they remained friends and four volumes of his correspondence with Pelham are in the British Library, Additional MSS; a Commissioner of Salt Duties 5 May 1753- 28 Mar 1766; Commissioner of Customs (I) Apr 1765 – Feb 1772; m. 8 Jun 1764 Lady Mary Watson-Wentworth, sister of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham (qv); d. 23 Apr 1806.

MILBANKE, FRANCIS, brother of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. (adm. 1733, qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1734/5; left 1744; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Oct 1744, subs. fellow commoner, matr. 1744; BA 1748/9; MA 1752; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1752, priest 24 May 1752 (both Ely); Rector of Croft, Yorks., from 4 Sep 1753; Perpetual Curate of Chester-le-Street, Durham 1769; d. 1771.

MILBANKE, EDWARD, brother of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. (adm. 1733, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1733; left 1735; Page of Honour to Princess of Wales 12 Jul 1736 – Apr 1738, to Prince of Wales Apr 1738 – Mar 1739; Collector of Customs, Sunderland; m. Aug 1748 (IGI) Mary Terry, Coventry, Warwicks.; d. 1784.

MILBANKE, ACLOMB, brother of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. (adm. 1733, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Gibson's); left 1747; Ensign, 22nd Foot 15 Mar 1748; Lieut., 22 Jan 1755; Capt. -Lieut., 28th Foot 27 Apr 1756; Capt., 8 Mar 1757; wounded at capture of Quebec 1759; d. unm. 26 Jun 1766.

MILBANKE, ---; b.; in school list 1752.

MIERS, HENRY NATHANIEL, fifth son of Richard Hill Miers, Ynyspenllwch, Clydach, Glamorgan, and Elizabeth Jane, dau. of John Bonnor, Brynygwalie, Denbighshire; b. 6 Sep 1848; adm. 23 Jan 1862 (G); left Whitsun 1865; inherited family estates in Glamorgan; contested (Cons) West Glamorgan 1885; JP Glamorgan 1873, JP Breconshire; m. 12 Feb 1870 Lydia Kate, dau. of John Miles Probyn MD MRCS, Newbury, Berks.; d. 10 Oct 1926.