Admiral Mark Milbanke (12 April 1724 – 9 June 1805) was a British naval officer and colonial governor.
Military career
Milbanke was born into an aristocratic Yorkshire family with naval connections, his father was
Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet
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. Mark Milbanke graduated from the
Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth in 1740.
[Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador'']
/ref> He was made Lieutenant
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in 1744[ and in 1746 was given command of HMS ''Serpent''.][Dictionary of Canadian Biography]
/ref> He became Port Admiral at Plymouth in 1783.[ In the years when settlement was prohibited on the Island of Newfoundland, Milbanke did his best to enforce this prohibition.][ He did so by demolishing buildings, and by limiting the number of ]Irish
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people immigrating to Newfoundland.[ He also refused to allow the building of a ]Roman Catholic
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chapel at Ferryland
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He was appointed ]Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
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in 1799.
Milbanke was promoted to admiral of the white in 1795.[ In 1805 he fell over the banisters at his home and died from his injuries.][
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Family
Milbanke married Mary Webber (died 1812); they had a son and two daughters. Ralph (died 1823) was a naval captain. Elizabeth Mary, the younger daughter, married William Huskisson
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See also
* Governors of Newfoundland
* List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador
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1724 births
1805 deaths
Royal Navy admirals
Governors of Newfoundland Colony
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