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The Lord Milne
The Lord Milne
	Field Marshal Lord Milne
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1885 - 1933
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Salonika Army
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George; Distinguished Service Order

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Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne GCB, GCMG, DSO (5 November, 1866 – 23 March, 1948), was a British military commander who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933.

Army career

The son of George Milne of Aberdeen, Milne was educated at Aberdeen Gymnasium and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1885.^[1] He served in the Nile Expedition in 1898 and in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.^[2]

During the First World War he served on the General Staff and commanded the Salonika Army.^[3]

In 1922 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Eastern Command. He served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933^[3] and was promoted to field marshal in 1928. He was also Constable of The Tower of London from 1933 to 1938. In 1933 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milne, of Salonika and of Rubislaw in the County of Aberdeen.^[4]

Family

Lord Milne married Claire Marjoribanks, daughter of Sir John Nisbet Maitland, 5th Baronet, in 1905. He died in March 1948, aged 81, and was succeeded in the Barony by his son George Douglass Milne.

References

^ Heathcote, Anthony pg 208
^ Heathcote, Anthony pg 209
^ ^a ^b Heathcote, Anthony pg 210
^ Heathcote, Anthony pg 211

Military offices
Preceded by The Earl of Cavan	Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1926–1933	Succeeded by Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Methuen	Constable of the Tower of London 1933–1938	Succeeded by Sir Claud William Jacob
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Milne 1933–1948	Succeeded by George Douglass Milne

[1] Heathcote, Anthony pg 208

[2] Heathcote, Anthony pg 209

[Page210-3] Heathcote, Anthony pg 210

[4] Heathcote, Anthony pg 211

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 ==Family==
-Lord Milne married Claire Marjoribanks, daughter of Sir John Nisbet Maitland, 5th Baronet, in 1905. He died in March, 1948, aged 81, and was succeeded in the Barony by his son [[George Douglass Milne, 2nd Baron Milne|George Douglass Milne]].
+Lord Milne married Claire Marjoribanks, daughter of Sir John Nisbet Maitland, 5th Baronet, in 1905. He died in March 1948, aged 81, and was succeeded in the Barony by his son [[George Douglass Milne, 2nd Baron Milne|George Douglass Milne]].
 ==References==

v t e Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces and Chiefs of the General Staff of the British Army
Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces	Duke of Albemarle Duke of Monmouth Earl of Marlborough Duke of Leinster Duke of Marlborough Duke of Ormonde Earl of Stair George Wade Duke of Cumberland Viscount Ligionier Marquess of Granby Lord Amherst Henry Conway Lord Amherst Duke of York Sir David Dundas Duke of York Duke of Wellington Viscount Hill Duke of Wellington Viscount Hardinge Duke of Cambridge Viscount Wolseley Earl Roberts
Chief of the General Staff	Sir Neville Lyttelton
Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff	Sir William Nicholson Sir John French Sir Charles Douglas Sir James Murray Sir Archibald Murray Sir William Robertson Sir Henry Wilson The Earl of Cavan Sir George Milne Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd Sir Cyril Deverell The Viscount Gort Sir Edmund Ironside Sir John Dill Sir Alan Brooke The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Sir William Slim Sir John Harding Sir Gerald Templer Sir Francis Festing Sir Richard Hull
Chiefs of the General Staff	Sir Richard Hull Sir James Cassels Sir Geoffrey Baker Sir Michael Carver Sir Peter Hunt Sir Roland Gibbs Sir Edwin Bramall Sir John Stanier Sir Nigel Bagnall Sir John Chapple Sir Peter Inge Sir Charles Guthrie Sir Roger Wheeler Sir Michael Walker Sir Mike Jackson Sir Richard Dannatt Sir David Richards Sir Peter Wall Sir Nick Carter Sir Mark Carleton-Smith Sir Patrick Sanders Sir Roland Walker

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