Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Crewe KG PC FSA
Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
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	Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
His Majesty's Ambassador to France
In office 1922–1928
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Charles Hardinge, 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	George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
Succeeded by	George Curzon, 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	William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Succeeded by	George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
In office 10 December 1905 – 12 April 1908
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded by	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
Succeeded by	Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
Lord Privy Seal
In office 13 February 1912 – 25 May 1915
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Earl Carrington
Succeeded by	George Curzon, 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	George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
Succeeded by	Charles Wynn-Carington, 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	John Morley, 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 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by	Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland
Succeeded by	George Cadogan, 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	William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone
Succeeded by	William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 12 August 1885 – 20 June 1945 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
Succeeded by	Peerage extinct
Personal details
Born	Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes (1858-01-12)12 January 1858
Died	20 June 1945(1945-06-20) (aged 87)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	(1) Sibyl Graham (d. 1887) (2) Lady Margaret Primrose
Children	6, including Cynthia and Mary
Parent	Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (father)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, KG, PC, FSA (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.