Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
The Marquess of Crewe | |
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Crewe in 1921 | |
| Secretary of State for War | |
| In office 25 August 1931 – 5 November 1931 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Thomas Shaw |
| Succeeded by | The 1st Viscount Hailsham |
| His Majesty's Ambassador to France | |
| In office 1922–1928 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | The 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Tyrrell |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 14 April 1908 – 10 December 1916 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The 1st Marquess of Ripon |
| Succeeded by | The 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 25 May 1915 – 10 December 1916 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The 7th Earl Beauchamp |
| Succeeded by | The 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston |
| In office 10 December 1905 – 12 April 1908 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| Preceded by | The 6th Marquess of Londonderry |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Baron Tweedmouth |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
| In office 13 February 1912 – 25 May 1915 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The 1st Earl Carrington |
| Succeeded by | The 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston |
| In office 9 October 1908 – 23 October 1911 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The 1st Marquess of Ripon |
| Succeeded by | The 1st Earl Carrington |
| President of the Board of Education | |
| In office 18 August 1916 – 10 December 1916 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Arthur Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Fisher |
| Secretary of State for India | |
| In office 25 May 1911 – 25 May 1915 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn |
| Succeeded by | Austen Chamberlain |
| In office 3 November 1910 – 7 March 1911 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn |
| Succeeded by | John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 12 April 1908 – 3 November 1910 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Harcourt |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
| In office 18 August 1892 – 29 June 1895 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone The 5th Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Earl of Zetland |
| Succeeded by | The 5th Earl Cadogan |
| Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 16 February 1886 – 20 July 1886 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | The 15th Lord Elphinstone |
| Succeeded by | The 15th Lord Elphinstone |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 12 August 1885 – 20 June 1945 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Baron Houghton |
| Succeeded by | Peerage extinct |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes 12 January 1858 |
| Died | 20 June 1945 (aged 87) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Sibyl Graham (d. 1887) (2) Lady Margaret Primrose |
| Children | 6, including Cynthia and Mary |
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| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (12 January 1858 – 20 June 1945), known as The Honourable Robert Milnes from 1863 to 1885, The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895, and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British Liberal politician, statesman and writer.