Love thy neighbour

Considered one of the 10 best Shots in Great Britain during the late Victorian period, Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank, Bt, the second son of a wealthy Yorkshire squire and a duke’s daughter, was born in London on 21 April 1820. Upon leaving Harrow School in 1837, he spent three years serving as a junior officer in the Cameron Highlanders, then retired from the Army to devote his life to sport and politics.

He was appointed High Sheriff of the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1852 and served as Liberal MP for the district from 1865 until 1886. Early sporting activities included poaching fish from lakes in the vicinity of Harrow and