later Viscount Milner (of St. James's and Cape Town)
born March 23, 1854, Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt
died May 13, 1925, Sturry Court, near Canterbury, Kent, Eng.
British high commissioner in South Africa (1897–1905).
At the crucial Bloemfontein Conference with Pres. Transvaal ) after five years' residence. Kruger opposed the policy but was prepared to make concessions. Milner was not, claiming that "war has got to come"; Boer forces invaded Natal four months later, marking the beginning of the South African War . Milner later served as secretary for war (1916–19) and colonial secretary (1919–21).