Robert Milnes (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Robert Shore Milnes, 1st Baronet Milnes (1754 - December 2, 1837) was Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada from 1799 to 1805. Robert Milnes was born in England to John Milnes, deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Mary Shore. After a military career in the Royal Horse Guards, Milnes left the army in 1788 with the rank of captain. Seven years later, in 1795, he was governor of Martinique. On November 4, 1797 he was appointed lieutenant governor of Lower Canada, and on June 15, 1799 he was sworn in. On July 30, 1799 he replaced Governor Robert Prescott as administrator of the province.