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Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, KG, PC, FSA (12 January 1858 – 20 June 1945), known as The Honourable Robert Milnes from 1863 to 1885, The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British Liberal politician, statesman and writer.
The Marquess of Crewe. Marquess of Crewe was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Liberal statesman Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe. He had already been created Earl of Crewe, of Crewe, Cheshire, in 1895, and was made Earl of Madeley, in Staffordshire, at
Papers of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, comprising correspondence with Imperial College administration department, 1908-1922, as Chairman of the Governing Body.
President of the Board of Education 1916. Ambassador to Paris 1922-1928. Sec of State for War in 1931. Liberal leader in Lords 1936-1944. Succeeded as Lord Houghton 1885, Earl of Crewe. Biography: ODNB link for Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe- (1858-1945) 1st Marquess of Crewe, statesman: References: DNB; NCA Rules: Name authority reference:
views 3,920,356 updated. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes Crewe, 1st marquess of (krōō´mĬlz´), 1858–1945, British statesman. He succeeded (1885) his father as Baron Houghton and was created earl (1895) and later marquess (1911) of Crewe.
family. Milnes, Sybil Marcia (1857-1887), née Graham, first wife of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes is the spouse of Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe- (1858-1945), 1st Marquess of Crewe, politician. 1800-1887. Control area. Sources. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Crewe papers. The papers of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1858-1945), 1st marquess of Crewe, Lord Privy Seal 1908 and 1912-1915, Secretary of State for India 1910-1915, Ambassador to Paris 1922-1928, and Secretary of State for War 1931, came to the University Library after his death.
