Alfred Milner

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscoont Milner KG GCB GCMG PC (23 Mairch 1854 – 13 Mey 1925) wis a British statesman an colonial administrator that played an influential leadership role in the formin o furren an domestic policy atween the mid-1890s an early 1920s. He wis the key British Empire figure in the events leadin up tae an follaein the Anglo-Boer War o 1899–1902 an, whiles servin as Heich Commissioner, is additionally notit for mentorin a gatherin o yoong members o the Sooth African Ceevil Service, informally kent as Milner's Kindergarten that, in some cases, thairsels becam important figures in administerin the Breetish Empire. In the later pairt o his life, frae December 1916 til November 1918, he wis ane o the maist important members o David Lloyd George's War Cabinet.

The Richt Honourable The Viscoont Milner KG GCB GCMG PC
Govrenor o the Cape Colony and Heich Commissioner for Soothren Africae
In office 5 Mey 1897 – 6 Mairch 1901
Monarch	Queen Victoria Edward VII
Prime Meenister	John Gordon Sprigg William Philip Schreiner John Gordon Sprigg
Precedit bi	Sir William Howley Goodenough
Succeedit bi	Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson
Administrator o the Transvaal an the Orange River Colony
In office 4 Januar 1901 – 23 Juin 1902
Monarch	Queen Victoria Edward VII
Lieutenant	Hamilton John Goold-Adams
Precedit bi	Office Established Christiaan de Wet As State Preses o the Orange Free State (31 Mey 1902) Schalk Willem Burger As Preses of the Sooth African Republic (31 Mey 1902)
Succeedit bi	Himself As Govrenor o the Transvaal an Orange River Colony
1st Govrenor o the Transvaal an Orange River Colony
In office 23 Juin 1902 – 1 Aprile 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Precedit bi	Himself as Administrator the Transvaal an Orange River Colony
Succeedit bi	The Earl o Selborne
Secretary o State for War
In office 18 Aprile 1918 – 10 Januar 1919
Monarch	George V
Prime Meenister	David Lloyd George
Precedit bi	The Earl o Derby
Succeedit bi	Winston Churchill
Secretary o State for the Colonies
In office 10 Januar 1919 – 13 Februar 1921
Monarch	George V
Prime Meenister	David Lloyd George
Precedit bi	Walter Long
Succeedit bi	Winston Churchill
Personal details
Born	Alfred Milner 23 Mairch 1854 Gießen Grand Duchy of Hesse
Dee'd	13 Mey 1925(1925-05-13) (aged 71) Sturry Coort, Coonty o Kent Unitit Kinrick
Naitionality	British
Poleetical pairty	Conservative
Spoose(s)	Violet Milner
Alma mater	Varsity o Tübingen King's College Lunnon Balliol College, Oxford
Thrift	Colonial administrator, politician