The Milbanke, later Noel, later Milbanke Baronetcy, of Halnaby in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 7 August 1661 for Mark Milbanke. His father was Mark Milbanke of Chirton

Chirton

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, Northumberland

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 (d. 1677) a Newcastle on Tyne merchant and hostman who was Sheriff of the city in 1638, and Mayor in 1658 and 1672 and whose marriage brought him an estate at Halnaby, near Darlington

Darlington

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, County Durham

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. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland

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 in 1678. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland 1685 and Member of Parliament

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 for Richmond

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. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Scarborough

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 and Richmond. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for County Durham

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. He married Judith Noel and changed his surname in 1815, but he died without male issue and was succeeded by his nephew. The tenth Baronet was awarded the Victoria Cross

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. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1949.

Halnaby Hall was demolished in the 1950s following the death of the twelfth and last Baronet.

Milbanke Baronets, of Halnaby (1661)

• Sir Mark Milbanke, 1st Baronet (d. 1680)
• Sir Mark Milbanke, 2nd Baronet (1660-1698)
• Sir Mark Milbanke, 3rd Baronet (d.1705)
• Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Baronet (d. 1748)
• Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet (d. 1793)
• Sir Ralph Noel, 6th Baronet (d. 1825)
• Sir John Peniston Milbanke, 7th Baronet (1776-1850)
• Sir John Ralph Milbanke Huskisson, 8th Baronet (1800-1868)
• Sir Peniston Milbanke, 9th Baronet (1847-1899)
• Sir John Peniston Milbanke, 10th Baronet (1872-1915)
• Sir John Charles Peniston Milbanke, 11th Baronet (1902-1942)
• Sir Ralph Mark Milbanke, 12th Baronet (1907-1949)