The Milbanke, later Noel, later Milbanke Baronetcy, of Halnaby in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 7 August 1661 for Mark Milbanke. His father was Mark Milbanke of

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(died 1677) a

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merchant and hostman who was Sheriff of the city in 1638, and Mayor in 1658 and 1672, and whose marriage brought him an estate at Halnaby, near Darlington,

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. The second Baronet was

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in 1678. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland 1685 and

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for Richmond. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for

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and Richmond. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for County Durham. He married Judith Noel and changed his surname in 1815, but he died leaving only a daughter, Annabella, who married the poet

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, and so he was succeeded by his nephew. The tenth Baronet was awarded the

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. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1949. Halnaby Hall was demolished in 1952 following the death of the twelfth and last Baronet.

Milbanke baronets, of Halnaby (1661)

* Sir Mark Milbanke, 1st Baronet (died 1680) * Sir Mark Milbanke, 2nd Baronet (1660–1698) * Sir Mark Milbanke, 3rd Baronet (died 1705) *

Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet The Milbanke, later Noel, later Milbanke Baronetcy, of Halnaby in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 7 August 1661 for Mark Milbanke. His father was Mark Milbanke of Chirton, Northumberland (died 1677 ...

(died 1748) *

Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet 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. Life Milbanke was born 1725 into an aristocratic landed Yorkshire family. His father ...

(died 1793) * Sir Ralph Noel, 6th Baronet (died 1825) * Sir John Peniston Milbanke, 7th Baronet (1776–1850) *

Sir John Ralph Milbanke Huskisson, 8th Baronet Sir John Ralph Milbanke Huskisson, 8th Baronet (5 November 1800 - 30 December 1868) was a British diplomat. He served at Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous c ...

(1800–1868) * Sir Peniston Milbanke, 9th Baronet (1847–1899) * Sir John Peniston Milbanke, 10th Baronet (1872–1915) * Sir John Charles Peniston Milbanke, 11th Baronet (1902–1947) * Sir Ralph Mark Milbanke, 12th Baronet (1907–1949)

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File:George Stubbs - The Milbanke and Melbourne Families - WGA21947.jpg, The Milbanke family by George Stubbs File:Anne Isabella Milbanke, later Lady Byron.jpg, Anne Isabella Milbanke File:Anabella Milbanke.jpg, Anabella Milbanke File:Joseph Stieler - Lady Emily Milbanke, 1844.jpg, Lady Emily Milbanke

References

{{reflist *''Debrett's Baronetage of England'' (1839) pp233–4 Google Books Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1661 establishments in England

Milbanke baronets, of Halnaby (1661)

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