Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner NPG Ax39201

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons

German-born Milner studied at Oxford University after which he worked as assistant editor of the Pall Mall Gazette. He then became private secretary to Viscount Goshen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On Goschen's recommendation, Milner became Under-Secretary of Finance in Egypt. While there he wrote England in Egypt (1892). Milner went on to hold important positions including Chairman of the Inland Revenue (1897-1901) and Governor of the Transvaal (1901-05). In 1902 he became a Viscount for his services during the Boer War. In December 1916,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.