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Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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ROBERT OFFLEY ASHBURTON CREWE CREWE - [[Milnes, 1st Earl Of]] (1858-), English statesman and writer, was born on the 12th of January 1858, being the son of Lord Houghton (q.v.), and was educated at Harrow and Trinity, Cambridge. In 1880 he married Sibyl Marcia Graham, who died in 1887, leaving him with two daughters. He inherited his father's literary tastes, and published Stray Verses in 1890, besides other miscellaneous literary work. A Liberal in politics, he became private secretary to Lord Granville when secretary of state for foreign affairs (1883-1884), and in 1886 was made a lord-inwaiting. In the Liberal administration of1892-1895he was lord-lieutenant for Ireland, having Mr John Morley as chief secretary. In 1895 he was created 1st earl of Crewe, his maternal grandfather, the 2nd Baron Crewe, having left him his heir. In 1899 he married Lady Margaret Primrose, daughter of the 5th earl of Rosebery. In 1905 he became lord president of the council in the Liberal government; and in 1908, in Mr Asquith's cabinet, he became secretary of state for the colonies and Liberal leader in the House of Lords.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​r/robert-offley-ashburton-crewe-milnes-1st-earl-of-crewe.html. 1910.
 
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