Material relating to Admiral Sir Alexander Milne (1806-1896)

The material consists of: a letter to D. M. Home, 1859; and, a photograph album.

Alexander Milne, son of Admiral Sir David Milne (1763-1845), was born on 10 November 1806. Like his father he followed a naval career becoming the senior naval lord of the Admiralty and Commander-in-Chief of the North American, West Indian, and Mediterranean stations, and elder brother of the Trinity House. He was given a Baronetcy in 1876. Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, G.C.B. died on 29 December 1896.

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Album, acquired 1964, Accession no. E64.36.

The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the following material: (1) Burke, Sir Bernard. and Burke, Ashworth (eds.). A genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage and baronetage, the privy council, and knightage. 87th edition. p.1401. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1929.

Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division.

Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.

Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.

The UK National Register of Archives (NRA), updated by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, notes: naval memorandum book, 1858-1872, Boston Public Library, see R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994); correspondence and papers, 1817-1895, National Maritime Museum, Manuscripts Section, Ref. MLN/101-99 NRA 30121 National, see Quarterly return MS79/093; letters to Sir James Graham and Duke of Newcastle, 1854-1855, Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, Ref. Ne NRA 7411 Pelham; letters (37) to Duke of Somerset, 1861-1865, Ref. D-RA NRA 11704 Ramsden; correspondence with Sir Charles Napier, 1847-1854, British Library, Manuscript Collections, Ref. Add MSS 40024-42; correspondence, diaries and papers, 1825-1896, National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division, NRA 29189 Milne; and, correspondence with Charles Wood, 1855-1857, British Library, Manuscript Division , Ref. ADD MSS 49532 Passim.