Lord Milner

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Lord Milner was a British statesman and colonial administrator best known for his role in governing South Africa around the time of the Second Boer War and shaping imperial policy there.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman
colonial administrator
human
peer of the United Kingdom
politician
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
King's College School, London
Tübingen University NERFINISHED
familyName Milner
fieldOfWork South African politics
colonial administration
imperial policy
fullName Alfred Milner
gender male
givenName Alfred
ideology British imperialism
unionism in South Africa
knownFor advocacy of a strong, centralized British Empire
influencing the creation of the Union of South Africa
leading British policy in South Africa around the time of the Second Boer War
languageSpoken English
memberOf Milner's Kindergarten
Round Table movement
nobleTitle Viscount Milner
notableEvent Second Boer War
post-war reconstruction of South Africa
notableWork administration of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony after the Second Boer War
role in shaping British imperial policy in South Africa
occupation civil servant
colonial administrator
journalist
politician
positionHeld Administrator of the Orange River Colony
Administrator of the Transvaal
Chairman of the Committee of Imperial Defence
Governor of the Cape Colony
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the British War Cabinet
Member of the House of Lords
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Under-Secretary of State for Finance in Egypt
residence Cape Town
London

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
British War Cabinet
notableMember
Treaty of Vereeniging
signatoryRepresentative

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