Author talk:John Milner (1822-1897)

Sources

Crockford's Clerical Directories (885)

• p.828

MILNER, John, Rectory, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Darlington,—Late Scho. of Qu. Coll. Ox. 1841, B.A. 1845, M.A. 1878, 𝔡 1845 𝔭 1846 by Bp of Carl. Chap. R.N. 1855. (Medal.) N.I. 1861; Ret. List 1873. R. of Middleton-in-Teesdale, Dio. Dur. 1875. (𝔓, The Crown; Gross Inc. 640l.; net. 500l. and Ho; Pop. 2908) Chap. in Ord. to H.R.H. Duke of Edin. 1875. Served in H.M.S. Havannah, 1848-51 (first flagship on the Australian station); Orion, 1855-58 (Baltic and West Indies); Wellington, Hogue, 1859 (Greenock); Edgar, 1860-2 (Channel and West Indies); St. George, 1863 (Mediterranean); Hector, 1864-66 (Channel); Galtea, 1867-71 (cruise round the worl with H.R.H. the Duke of Edin.); Excellent (Gunnery Ship , Portsmouth), St. Vincent (Training ship, Portsmouth), and with Brigade of Marines at Deal, 1871-73. Formerly V. of Alston w Garrigal near Carlisle, 1873-75. Author, The Alcestis of Euripides, with Notes (Weale's Series), Lockwood and Co; The Antigone of Sophocles, Lockwood and Co, 1868; Cruise of H.M.S. Galtea, Allen and Co. 1868; The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul done into Modern nautical English; with Notes on Seamanship, etc. Masters and Co. 1880

England census

• 1891 England Census

Name: John Milner
Birth: abt 1823 - Orton, Westmorland, England
Residence: 1891 - Middleton, Durham

Death

• Deaths Sep 1897

Milner John Teesdale 10a 139 — "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2012-10-16. 

• The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, July 24, 1897; Issue 5334 — Church News

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The Rev. John Milner, M.A., Rector of Middleton-on-Teesdale, in his 75th year. In 1875 he was appointed Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Duke of Edinburgh. He was author of a brochure on the subject of tithes, and an account of the voyage and shipwreck of St. Paul, "done into modern nautical English, with notes on seamanship," &c.
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