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van Serooskerken, on 12 November 1785. Milnes died at

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References

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

External links

* Archives of Sir Robert Shore Milne
(Robert Shore Milnes collection, R2453)
are held at Library and Archives Canada 1754 births 1837 deaths Royal Horse Guards officers Governors of British North America Deputy Lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British Governors of Martinique {{Canada-viceroy-stub