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Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord

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Poet and patron of letters, born of good family at Fryston Hall, Pontefract; graduated at Cambridge; entered Parliament as a Conservative, but subsequently went over to the other side, and in 1863 was raised to the peerage by Palmerston; was a man of varied interests, a traveller, leader of society, philanthropist, and above all the friend and patron of authors; his works include various volumes of poetry, "Life of Keats," "Monographs, Personal and Social," &c. (1809-1885).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/houghton-richard-monckton-milnes-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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