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Richard Slater Milnes was born in
December 1759 to Robert Milnes, a Presbyterian cloth merchant, who he succeeded in 1771. His mother, Joyce, was the daughter of Adam Slater. Milnes graduated from the
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111:(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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Milnes was a country gentleman at his
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Milnes married Rachel, the daughter of Hans Busk, and had 2 sons and 7 daughters. They resided at
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Milnes died on 2 June 1804. He was succeeded by his eldest son
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