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RICHARD MONCK- TON MILNES, LORD, an English statesman; born in Fryston Hall, Yorkshire, June 19, 1809. A Conservative in Parliament, he joined the Liberals under Lord John Russell, and in 1863 was raised to the peerage. His best poetry appears in: "Memorials of a Tour in Greece"; "Memorials of a Residence on the Continent, and Historical Poems"; "Poems of Many Years"; "Palm Leaves."

His prose works include: "Life, Letters, : "Life, Letters , and Literary Remains of John Keats"; "Monographs, Personal and Political."

He died in Vichy, France, Aug. 11, 1885.

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