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MILBOURNE, Robert Rowley

MILBOURNE, Robert Rowley

Male 1824 - 1856  (32 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name MILBOURNE, Robert Rowley  [1
    Birth 1824  Lambeth, Surrey, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Feb 1856  Active Service In The Crimean War Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5358  Edgoose
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2026 

    Father MILBOURNE, Robert,   b. 1779, Westminster, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1858, Lambeth, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother STOKES, Sarah,   b. Between 1789 and 1790, Bradford, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1879, Lambeth Registration District, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jul 1819  Hanover Square, Westminster, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WESTERN, Amelia,   b. Between 1835 and 1836, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1871, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 1851  Camberwell Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. MILBOURNE, Eliza Sophia Amelia,   b. 23 Sep 1852, East London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1901 (Age > 50 years)
     2. MILBOURNE, Robert Rowley,   b. 22 Apr 1854, Cripplegate, East London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1921, Camberwell Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • ROBERT ROWLEY MILBOURNE 1824-1856

      He was baptised at St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, on 25 January 1824.

      Robert Rowley MILBOURNE, a bachelor of full age living at Holly Terrace, Wyndham Road, and son of Robert MILBOURNE, a carver and gilder, married Amelia WESTERN, a spinster of full age living at George Street, Wyndham Road, and daughter of Robert WESTERN, a seaman, at the Emanuel Church, Camberwell, Surrey, on 25 February 1851. Witnesses were Thomas Humphrey HALL..? and Eliza Preston.
      (PR)
      (GRO March Q 1851 Camberwell 4 33)

      The 1851 census of 34 St. George Street, Lambeth, Surrey:
      Robert MILBOURNE, head, aged 72, proprietor of houses, born at St. Clements, Middlesex;
      Sarah MILBOURNE, wife, aged 61, born at Bradford, Wiltshire;
      William MILBOURNE, son, aged 29, of no occupation, born at Lambeth;
      *Robert MILBOURNE, son, aged 27, married, musical instrument maker, born at Lambeth;
      Emily E. NORRIS, niece, aged 32, unmarried, born at Chippenham, Wiltshire.
      (HO107/1572/428/45)

      "16 February 1852
      I Robert Rowley MILBOURNE (son of Robert MILBOURNE, of George Street, Princes road(?) Lambeth occupying premises "Golden Axe", Milton Street in the City of London, and carrying on the Business of a Victualler do hereby apply to be admitted to ththe Freedom of the City of London, by redemption, in pursuance of the Resolution of the Court of Common Council of 17th, March 1835, and 13th, July 1848 and I hereby declare that I am not an Alien, nor the son of an Alien, and that I am above the age of Twenty-one years.
      Witness Jno SEWELL (signed) Robt Rowley MILBOURNE"
      (Freedom admissions papers, 1681 '96 1925. London Metropolitan Archives. COL/CHD/FR/02)

      Eliza Sophia Amelia, daughter of Robert Rowley and Amelia MILBOURNE of Milton Street, publican, was baptised at St. Giles without Cripplegate in the City of London on 13 October 1852. There is a note in the register's margin that she was born on 23 September 1852.
      (PR)

      The birth of a Robert Rowley Milbourne was registered in 1854. According to the 1871 census he was born at Milton Street, Cripplegate.
      (GRO June Q 1854 E. London 1c 36)

      Robert Rowley MILBOURNE of the land-transport-corps corporal in her Majesty's army died 22 February 1856 at Balaklava Russia during the Crimean War. Administration London 4 March to Eliza Amelia Sophia BALL widow Effect £50 Resworn February 1898 £1080 8s. 5d.
      (National Probate Calendar 1897)

      NOTES & QUERIES:
      Where was he at the time of the 1841 census?

      (revised 15.04.2017)

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Edgo20080309.FTW.