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{{short description|Anglo-Irish cricketer and army officer (1877–1962)}}
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|birth_date= 23 February 1877
|birth_place= [[Clonmel]], Ireland
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1962|11|2|1877|2|23}}
|death_place= [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], Surrey, England
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]]<br>[[British Indian Army]] (secondment)
|service_years= 1900–1922
|rank= [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]]
|unit= [[Royal Artillery]]<br>[[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|Royal Army Ordnance Department]]
|commands= Assistant Director ([[Minister of Munitions|Ministry of Munitions]])
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'''Sir Lionel Charles Patrick Milman, 7th Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (23 February 1877 – 2 November 1962) was an Anglo-Irish [[British Army]] officer, first-class cricketer, and the seventh of the [[Milman baronets]] of Levaton-in-Woodland in the [[Devon|County of Devon]].

==Early life and military service==
Born at [[Clonmel]] in [[County Tipperary]], the third son of [[Sir Francis Milman, 4th Baronet|Sir Francis John Milman, 4th Baronet]] and his wife Katherine Grace Moore.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |last1=Venn |first1=John |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 |date=2011-09-15 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1108036146 |page=421 |volume=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuU54j4aT6QC |language=en}}</ref> He was educated in England at [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]], before going up to [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]] in 1896.<ref name="BOOK"/> After graduating in 1899, Milman followed his fathers footsteps and enlisted in the [[Royal Artillery]] with the rank of [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in September 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27228|date=11 September 1900 |page=5619}}</ref> He was seconded for duty in [[British India]] with the [[Nizam's Contingent|Hyderabad Contingent]] in November 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27397|date=14 January 1902 |page=295}}</ref> While serving in British India, Milman made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in the 1901–02 [[Bombay Quadrangular#Presidency Match|Bombay Presidency Matches]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14125/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Lionel Milman |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-12-21 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222034244/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14125/First-Class_Matches.html |url-status=live }}</ref> taking four wickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14125/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Lionel Milman |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-12-21 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222173147/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14125/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Returning to England and the Royal Artillery, he was made a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in October 1903.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27605|date=13 October 1903 |page=6225}}</ref> He fell ill in 1905, enough to be placed on half-pay on account of his ill health.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27848|date=27 October 1905|page=7177}}</ref> By 1910 Milman was an officer in charge of cadets at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28405|date=9 August 1910|page=5794}}</ref> with his tenure in that role ending in January 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28577|date=2 February 1912|page=800}}</ref>

==World War I and later military service==
With the start of [[World War I]], Milman was made a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] and given the responsibility of Ordnance Officer, 4th Class, in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|Royal Army Ordnance Department]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28878|date=21 August 1914 |page=6678 |supp=y}}</ref> By April 1915, he was made an Ordnance Officer, 3rd Class with the temporary rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29122|date=9 April 1915 |page=3451 |supp=y}}</ref> He relinquished his temporary grading of Ordnance Officer in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29453|date=25 January 1916 |page=1105 |supp=y}}</ref> and in April 1916 he was seconded to the [[Ministry of Munitions|Minister of Munitions]] and given the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] while employed by the ministry,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29561|date=25 April 1916 |page=4252 |supp=y}}</ref> which he became the assistant director of in June 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29577|date=9 May 1916 |page=4665 |supp=y}}</ref> Milman was made [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in the [[1917 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=13044|page=227|date=26 January 1917}}</ref> He was made a temporary brigadier-general in January 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30458|date=5 January 1918 |page=346 |supp=y}}</ref>

Shortly after the end of the war, Milman was made a [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant colonel in December 1918,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31097|date=31 December 1918 |page=88|supp=y}}</ref> and he was placed on the reserve list in March 1922.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32626|date=1 March 1922 |page=1796 |supp=y}}</ref> By 1932 he had reached the age limit for liability to recall and was placed on the retired list.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33801|date=23 February 1932 |page=1214 |supp=y}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married in 1911 Marjorie Aletta Clark-Kennedy, daughter of Colonel Arthur Harry Clark-Kennedy, with whom he had three sons and a daughter. He succeeded his brother [[Sir William Milman, 6th Baronet|Sir William Ernest Milman, 6th Baronet]] as the seventh baronet on 30 August 1962. However, he only held this title for 64 days prior to his death on 2 November 1962 at [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]].

He was succeeded by his eldest son [[Sir Dermot Milman, 8th Baronet]], who also played first-class cricket. His uncle, [[George Milman]], was also a first-class cricketer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile: George Milman |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31487/31487.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=20 June 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620101137/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31487/31487.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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