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Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG PC (12 January 1858 - 20 June 1945), known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer. Crewe-Milnes was the son of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton by his wife the Hon. Annabella, daughter of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe, and was educated at Harrow ...
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe. (1858-1945), Leader of the Liberal Party and writer. Sitter in 22 portraits. In 1884 Crew-Milnes was adopted as a Liberal candidate for Barnsley, but he never contested the seat as the death of his father in 1885 meant he entered the House of Lords as Baron Houghton.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes Crewe, 1st marquess of (krōō´mĬlz´), 1858–1945, British statesman. He succeeded (1885) his father as Baron Houghton and was created earl (1895) and later marquess (1911) of Crewe. A Liberal, he held a succession of high offices, including those of lord lieutenant of ...
Works about Crewe-Milnes [ edit] " Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929. This author died in 1945, so works by this author are in the public domain ...
Family name: Crewe-Milnes, Crewe. 1st Marquess of Crewe. Marquess of Crewe. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1911–) [1] Earl Crewe. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1895–1911) [1] The Lord Houghton, Baron Houghton: a subsidiary title for the Marquess of Crewe. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1863 – 11 August 1885) [2]
Lord Houghton. There had long been a Crewe family with large estates in Cheshire. These passed to the duchess' father as a result of her grandfather, Richard Monckton-Milnes, marrying in 1851 Annabel Crewe. She became unexpectedly the Crewe heiress and the estates were inherited in 1894 by her son Robert, who became Lord Crewe.
Maume, Patrick. Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe- (1858–1945), marquess of Crewe , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 12 January 1858 in London, youngest child and only surviving son of Richard Monckton-Milnes (1809–85), 1st Baron Houghton, a Yorkshire landowner, MP, and man of letters, and his wife Annabella Hungerford (née Crewe ...
