Sir Lionel Charles Patrick Milman, 7th Baronet (23 February 1877 – 2 November 1962) was an Anglo-Irish

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officer, first-class cricketer, and the seventh of the

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of Levaton-in-Woodland in the County of Devon.

Early life and military service

Born at

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, the third son of Sir Francis John Milman, 4th Baronet and his wife Katherine Grace Moore. He was educated in England at Marlow, before going up to

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in 1896. After graduating in 1899, Milman followed his fathers footsteps and enlisted in the

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with the rank of

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in September 1900. He was seconded for duty in

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with the

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in November 1901. While serving in British India, Milman made two appearances in

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for the

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against the

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in the 1901/02 Bombay Presidency Matches, taking four wickets. Returning to England and the Royal Artillery, he was made a

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in October 1903. He fell ill in 1905, enough to be placed on half-pay on account of his ill health. By 1910 Milman was an officer in charge of cadets at the

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, with his tenure in that role ending in January 1912.

World War I and later military service

With the start of

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, Milman was made a

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and given the responsibility of Ordanance Officer, 4th Class, in the Royal Army Ordnance Department. By April 1915, he was made an Ordanance Officer, 3rd Class with the temporary rank of

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. He relinquished his temporary grading of Ordanance Officer in January 1916, and in April 1916 he was seconded to the

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and given the temporary rank of

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while employed by the ministry, which he became the assistant director of in June 1916. Milman was made CMG in the

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. He was made a temporary brigadier-general in January 1918. Shortly after the end of the war, Milman was made a

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lieutenant colonel in December 1918, and he was placed on the reserve list in March 1922. By 1932 he had reached the age limit for liability to recall and was placed on the retired list.

Personal life

He married in 1911 Marjorie Aletta Clark-Kennedy, daughter of Colonel Arthur Harry Clark-Kennedy, with whom he had three sons and a daughter. He succeeded his brother Sir William Ernest Milman, 6th Baronet as the seventh baronet on 30 August 1962. However, he only held this title for 64 days prior to his death on 2 November 1962 at

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. He was succeeded by his eldest son

Sir Dermot Milman, 8th Baronet Sir Dermot Lionel Kennedy Milman, 8th Baronet (24 October 1912 – 13 January 1990) was an English first-class cricketer and rugby union international, and the eighth of the Milman baronets of Levaton-in-Woodland in the County of Devon. Early ...

, who also played first-class cricket. His uncle, George Milman, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

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