Milner

[ mil-ner ]

/ ˈmɪl nər /

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

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Courtesy of Helen Rittelmeyer, a wonderful quote from Alfred Milner about his decision to quit politics.
Milner's Timeless Political Question: "Why Won't They Listen to Me?"|David Frum|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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
Milner Gibson was a sportsman and a typical man of the world, who enjoyed life and behaved liberally to those connected with him.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
A very different reading of the situation is given in the letter to Sir Alfred Milner published a week later.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves

It was called (for the railway companies name towns in this country) 'Milner.'
Letters from America|Rupert Brooke
During the ministry of Mr. Milner new school-rooms were erected, at a cost of 336.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire|Thomas Coleman
A large number were not lecturing, though Milner was good enough to be 'accessible to students.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen