Richard Slater Milnes

Richard Slater Milnes
Portrait of Mr Richard Slater Milnes (circle of Michael Dahl)
BornDecember 1759 (1759-12)
Died2 June 1804(1804-06-02) (aged 44)
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationPolitician
SpouseRachel Busk
Children9, including Robert
Parent(s)Robert Milnes
Joyce Slater

Richard Slater Milnes (December 1759 – 2 June 1804) was an English heir, landowner and politician. The heir to a cloth fortune, he served in the British Parliament, where he championed the abolitionist cause.

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