Milner

[ mil-ner ]

/ ˈmɪl nər /

Alfred, 1st Viscount,1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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Milner was the chief British civil administrator in South Africa through the (bitterly controversial at home) Boer War.
Milner's Timeless Political Question: "Why Won't They Listen to Me?"|David Frum|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This letter was another of those excruciating pleasures, that almost reduced Miss Milner to the grave.
A Simple Story|Mrs. Inchbald
Of the many restless nights that Miss Milner passed, this was not one.
A Simple Story|Mrs. Inchbald
(p.078) Milner's reply is significant of the spirit in which he had undertaken his task.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa|W. Basil Worsfold

And it would be well if you and Milner were to meet the Boer Representatives, and make this plain to them.
Three Years' War|Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Milner and St. Aubyn were to sleep that night at a hotel and start for Damascus next morning by diligence.
Memoirs of Life and Literature|W. H. Mallock