Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet

Royal Navy admiral

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1806

Place of Birth: Inveresk, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1896

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, (10 November 1806 – 29 December 1896) was a Royal Navy officer.
As a captain on the North America and West Indies Station he was employed capturing slave-traders and carrying out fishery protection duties.
He served as a Junior Naval Lord under both Liberal and Conservative administrations and was put in charge of organising British and French transports during the Crimean War.
He became Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and in this role he acted with diplomacy, especially in response to the Trent Affair on 8 November 1861 during the American Civil War, when USS San Jacinto, commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes, intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent and removed, as contraband of war, two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell.
He became First Naval Lord in the third Derby–Disraeli ministry in July 1866 and in this role took advantage of the Government's focus on spending reduction to ask fundamental questions about naval strategy.
He again became First Naval Lord in the first Gladstone ministry in November 1872, remaining in office under the second Disraeli ministry and identifying the critical need for trade protection at times of War and demanding new cruisers to protect British merchant shipping.



Description	English portrait painter
Date of birth/death	21 September 1848	25 December 1933
Location of birth/death	Saint Helier	London
Authority control	: Q7966424 VIAF: 95758598 ISNI: 0000 0000 7074 8701 ULAN: 500012705 Oxford Dict.: 35344 RKD: 61234