Sir Ralph Milbanke (1725–1798) was an English baronet and Member of Parliament for

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between 1754–61 and later for

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between 1761 and 1768.

Life

Milbanke was born 1725 into an aristocratic landed

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family. His father was Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet of Halnaby in the County of York who had served as

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in 1721. Milbanke himself served as High Sheriff of the same county for 1753–54. In January 1759 during the

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he was appointed

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of the reformed Richmondshire Battalion, North York Militia. When the militia was called out again in 1778 during the

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, while the country was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, he was colonel of the combined

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regiment.Major Robert Bell Turton, ''The History of the North York Militia, now known as the Fourth Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)'', Leeds: Whitehead, 1907/Stockton-on-Tees: Patrick & Shotton, 1973, ISBN 0-903169-07-X, pp. 40–1, 49–51, 56, Appendices K & S. He married Elizabeth Hedworth in 1748. They had issue: * Sir Ralph Noel, 6th Bt. (1747-1825) * John Milbanke * Elizabeth Milbanke (1751-1818)

References

1725 births 1798 deaths British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Milbanke baronets High sheriffs of Yorkshire North York Militia officers {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub