Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (second tenure)

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Title
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (second tenure)
Date
25 May 1911 - 25 May 1915
Born
1858
Died
1945
Biography
Crewe-Milnes was born on 12 January 1858 in Mayfair, London. He entered politics at a young age, but undertook a hiatus upon the death of his wife in 1887. His father-in-law was former Prime Minister, the Earl of Rosebery. He organized the Delhi Durbar, moved the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi, and reunited Bengal. Crewe-Milnes returned as Secretary of State for India after a short break in 1911. He remained in this post until after the outbreak of World War One. During this time Sir Edwin Lutyens was designing government offices in New Delhi. He left India in 1915 to become Lord President of the Council.
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