Milnes, Richard Monckton, First Baron Houghton, FRS (M)
Surname: Milnes Forename(s): Richard Monckton 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)