Richard Slater Milnes

Richard Slater Milnes
Portrait of Mr Richard Slater Milnes (circle of Michael Dahl)
BornDecember 1759
Died2 June 1804
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationPolitician
SpouseRachel Busk
Children9, including Robert
Parent(s)Robert Milnes
Joyce Slater

Richard Slater Milnes (December 1759 – 2 June 1804) was an English heir, landowner and politician. The heir to a cloth fortune, he served in the British Parliament, where he championed the abolitionist cause.

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