After his wife's death in 2000, Milner married secondly Helen Cutting Wilmerding in 2002. Milner died in 2003 at the age of 79 and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Richard.
Armsedit
Coat of arms of Michael Milner, 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds
Crest
Perched on a sword with point to the dexter Proper and hilt and pommel Or an owl also Proper gorged with a collar Sable thereon three mullets Argent pendent therefrom a pair of scales and resting on the dexter claw a portcullis chained Or.
Escutcheon
Gules on a chevron Ermine between in chief two bits Or and in base a rose Argent barbed and seeded Proper a teazel Sable.
Supporters
On either side an owl Proper gorged with a collar Sable thereon three mullets Argent pendent therefrom a portcullis chained Or.
michael, milner, baron, milner, leeds, arthur, james, september, 1923, august, 2003, british, solicitor, labour, party, politician, right, honourablethe, lord, milner, leedsmember, house, lordslord, temporalas, hereditary, peer, october, 1967, november, 1999pr. Arthur James Michael Milner 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds 12 September 1923 20 August 2003 was a British solicitor and Labour Party politician The Right HonourableThe Lord Milner of LeedsMember of the House of LordsLord Temporalas a hereditary peer 20 October 1967 11 November 1999Preceded byThe 1st Baron Milner of LeedsSucceeded bySeat abolishedas an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 20 August 2003Election1999Preceded bySeat establishedSucceeded byThe 3rd Baron GrantchesterPersonal detailsBornArthur James Michael Milner 1923 09 12 12 September 1923LeedsDied12 August 2003 2003 08 12 aged 79 Contents 1 Biography 2 Marriage and children 3 Arms 4 ReferencesBiography editMilner was the only son of James Milner 1st Baron Milner of Leeds and was born in Leeds in 1923 He was educated in Oundle School and Trinity Hall Cambridge with an interruption of four years when Milner served in the Royal Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant He graduated with a Master of Arts in 1948 working then as solicitor in his family firm In July 1967 he inherited his father s title Milner was Assistant Labour Whip from 1971 to 1974 and retired when Harold Wilson became prime minister again After the House of Lords Act 1999 he was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords a reference to his continual support for Labour and to his father He was further a Member of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers and Honorary Treasurer of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London between 1967 and 1970 Marriage and children editMilner married twice Firstly he married Sheila Margaret Hartley on 31 March 1951 They had three children 1 Hon Geraldine Jane Milner born 24 November 1954 Hon Meredith Ann Milner born 28 September 1956 died 31 December 1993 Richard James Milner 3rd Baron Milner of Leeds born 16 May 1959 After his wife s death in 2000 Milner married secondly Helen Cutting Wilmerding in 2002 Milner died in 2003 at the age of 79 and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Richard Arms editCoat of arms of Michael Milner 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds Crest Perched on a sword with point to the dexter Proper and hilt and pommel Or an owl also Proper gorged with a collar Sable thereon three mullets Argent pendent therefrom a pair of scales and resting on the dexter claw a portcullis chained Or Escutcheon Gules on a chevron Ermine between in chief two bits Or and in base a rose Argent barbed and seeded Proper a teazel Sable Supporters On either side an owl Proper gorged with a collar Sable thereon three mullets Argent pendent therefrom a portcullis chained Or Motto Do Right And Fear Nothing 2 References edit The peerage com entry for 2nd Lord Milner of Leeds Debrett s Peerage 2019 p 3645 The Guardian 29 September 2003 Obituary Retrieved 22 December 2006 Peerage of the United KingdomPreceded byJames Milner Baron Milner of Leeds1967 2003 Member of the House of Lords 1967 1999 Succeeded byRichard MilnerParliament of the United KingdomNew officecreated by the House of Lords Act 1999 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lordsunder the House of Lords Act 19991999 2003 Succeeded byThe Lord Grantchester nbsp This biography of a baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Milner 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds amp oldid 1186001770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
