Robert Pemberton Milnes was a British landowner and politician.

Milnes was the son of Richard Slater Milnes, of Fryston Hall, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, by Rachael, daughter of Hans Busk (1718–1792). He sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Pontefract

Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...

 between 1806 and 1818.

Milnes married the Honourable Henrietta Maria, daughter of Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway

Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway

Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, PC , was a British statesman of the late 18th and early 19th ceturies...

, in 1808. Their son Richard became a prominent literary figure and was created Baron Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton FRS was an English poet, patron of literature and politician.-Background and education:...

 in 1863. Henrietta Mary died in May 1847. Milnes remained a widower until his death in November 1858, aged 74.

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