Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner

The Right Honourable The Viscount Milner KG, GCB, GCMG, PC
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921
Preceded by	Walter Long
Succeeded by	Winston Churchill
Secretary of State for War
In office 18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Succeeded by	Winston Churchill
1st Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
In office 23 June 1902 – 1 April 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Preceded by	Himself as Administrator of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
Succeeded by	William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Administrator of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony
In office 4 January 1901 – 23 June 1902
Monarchs	Queen Victoria Edward VII
Lieutenant	Hamilton John Goold-Adams
Preceded by	Office Established Christiaan de Wet As State President of the Orange Free State (31 May 1902) Schalk Willem Burger As President of the South African Republic (31 May 1902)
Succeeded by	Himself As Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
Governor of the Cape Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa
In office 5 May 1897 – 6 March 1901
Monarchs	Queen Victoria Edward VII
Prime Minister	John Gordon Sprigg William Schreiner John Gordon Sprigg
Preceded by	Sir William Howley Goodenough
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson
Personal details
Born	Alfred Milner 23 March 1854 Gießen, Upper Hesse, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Died	13 May 1925(1925-05-13) (aged 71) Great Wigsell, East Sussex, England
Resting place	Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, East Sussex, England
Nationality	British
Spouse	Violet Milner
Alma mater	University of Tübingen King's College London Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Colonial administrator, statesman
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, KG, GCB, GCMG, PC (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a very important role in the formulation of British foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s. From December 1916 to November 1918, he was one of the most important members of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's War cabinet.