George Milne (disambiguation)

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George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866–1942) was a British military commander.

Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) from 1926 to 1933. He served in the Second Boer War and during the First World War he served briefly on the Western Front but spent most of the war commanding the British forces on the Macedonian front. As CIGS he generally promoted the mechanization of British land forces although limited practical progress was made during his term in office.

George Milne may also refer to:

George Milne (cricketer) (1877–1968), English cricketer
George Heron Milne (1887–1948), American librarian
George Lawson Milne (1850–1933), Scottish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia

George Taylor Milne was an English cricketer. Milne was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

George Heron Milne was an American librarian. He worked at the Library of Congress for 39 years and was chief of the Congressional Reading Room from 1937 to 1948. He served as librarian for many years at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.

George Lawson Milne was a Scottish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1898.

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