Mark Milbank

Mark Milbank JP DL (2 May 1795 – 21 October 1881) was an English landowner and Whig politician.

Early life

Milbank was born on 2 May 1795 and baptised at Well, North Yorkshire. He was the eldest son of William Milbank and Dorothy ( Wise) Milbank.

His father was born illegitimately and named William Melville at birth but had his name legally changed to William Milbank by Royal Warrant in 1792 in order for him inherit the estates of his father, Mark Milbank. His maternal grandfather was John Wise of Woolston, Devon. as well as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Together, they were the parents of four sons and three daughters, including:

Mark William Vane Milbank (1819–1883), who married Barbarina Sophia Farquhar, daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet. Henry John Milbank (1824–1872), who married Lady Margaret Grey, daughter of George Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Groby and Lady Katherine Charteris (a daughter of the 8th Earl of Wemyss), in 1846. After her death in 1852, he married Lady Susan Osborne, daughter of George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds and Harriet Stewart (an illegitimate daughter of the 1st Earl Granville), in 1864.