Milnes, Richard Monckton, First Baron Houghton, FRS (M)
b. 19 June 1809. d. 11 August 1885. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and politician. Pseudonym: “Hⁿ”. Alternative signature: “R. Monckton Milnes.”
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, London University, and in Bonn, Germany. Author
of *One Tract More* (1841). Contributed to *Hood’s Magazine* and the *Edinburgh Review*.
Friends with Walter Savage Landor and was a well connected socialite who hosted many
major figures to his famous breakfasts. Elected Tory MP for Pontefract (1837-1863).
Married the Hon. Annabella Hungerford Crewe in 1851. Founder of the Philobiblon Society
(1853). Became Baron Houghton in 1863. President the Statistical Society (1865-67)
and London Library (1881). Biographical information: *ODNB*. (AC, CC)