David Milne-Home

David Milne-Home FRSE (born David Milne, 1805, Inveresk, East Lothian - 1890, Milne-Graden) was a Scottish advocate, geologist and meteorologist.

Milne was the junior defence counsel for the notorious grave-robber William Burke,^[1] and later served as Advocate-Depute for the Crown Office.

Milne and his wife Jean Home (m. 1832) later adopted the famous name Home, when she inherited the Wedderburn, Billie and Paxton estates in 1852.^[2]

His father was Admiral Sir David Milne, and his younger brother became Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet.

References

1. ^ "David Milne-Home". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst2259.html. Retrieved 2 September 2010. 
2. ^ Roy, Marjory; Land, David (Spring 2000). "David Milne-Home - a biographical sketch with notes on his geological work". The Edinburgh Geologist (Edinburgh Geological Society) (34). http://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/edingeologist/z_34_02.html. 

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Name	Milne-Home, David
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Date of birth	1805
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Date of death	1890
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