Mark Milbanke
Mark Milbanke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 April 1724 Halnaby Hall, Darlington |
| Died | 9 June 1805 (aged 81) London, England |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain and Ireland |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1736–1805 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Serpent HMS Inverness HMS Romney HMS Guernsey HMS Barfleur HMS Princess Royal HMS Namur North Sea Fleet Plymouth Command Newfoundland Command Portsmouth Command |
| Battles / wars | |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Webber |
| Relations | Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet (father) |
Admiral Mark Milbanke (12 April 1724 – 9 June 1805) was a British naval officer and colonial governor.
Military career
[edit]Milbanke was born into an aristocratic Yorkshire family with naval connections, his father was Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet. Mark Milbanke graduated from the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth in 1740.[1] He was made Lieutenant in 1744[1] and in 1746 was given command of HMS Serpent.[2] He became Port Admiral at Plymouth in 1783.[3]
In 1789, Milbanke was appointed governor of Newfoundland.[1] In the years when settlement was prohibited on the Island of Newfoundland, Milbanke did his best to enforce this prohibition.[1] He did so by demolishing buildings, and by limiting the number of Irish people immigrating to Newfoundland.[1] He also refused to allow the building of a Roman Catholic chapel at Ferryland.[1]
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1799.[4]
Milbanke was promoted to admiral of the white in 1795.[1] In 1805 he fell over the banisters at his home and died from his injuries.[2]
Family
[edit]Milbanke married Mary Webber (died 1812); they had a son and two daughters. Ralph (died 1823) was a naval captain. Elizabeth Mary, the younger daughter, married William Huskisson.[3] Harriet, the elder daughter, married Philemon Tilghman, son of James Tilghman.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- ^ a b Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- ^ a b Morriss, Roger. "Mark Milbanke". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18689. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ History in Portsmouth Archived 27 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tillman, Stephen Frederick (1946). Tilghman-Tillman family, 1225-1945. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Bros. p. 88.
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