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Robert Milligan (10 October 1786 – 1 July 1862) was an English Liberal Party politician and the first mayor of Bradford.〔James, John (1866), ''History of Bradford'', p15. E.J Morten, Manchester.〕 He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford in West Yorkshire at a by-election in October 1851, and held the seat until the 1857 general election. ==Biography== Robert Milligan was born at Dunnance, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland on 10 October 1786 to John Milligan (1740 - 1819) of Dunnance, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. John Milligan was a tenant farmer who married his second wife Elizabeth Charters(1739 - 1831) in 1783. The couple had five children of which Robert was the second child.〔Cox, Sheila (1987)(), "The Travelling Scotchmen - The Milligans of Dumfriesshire and Yorkshire",''The Bradford Antiquary'', Retrieved on 18 September 2013.〕 Robert Milligan moved to Cross Hills in Craven in about 1802 as a "Travelling Scotchman" working as a door to door salesman. Robert married Phoebe Briggs (1796-1868) at Guiseley in 1818. They had no children but adopted Susan (1813-1886) daughter of Robert's brother, John jnr. In 1810 he had opened a drapers shop in Westgate, Bradford〔James, John (1866), ''History of Bradford'', p15. E.J Morten, Manchester.〕 eventually becoming a buyer for Leo Schuster & Co. of Manchester and through that job met Henry Forbes (1790-1870).〔 Together they formed Milligan, Forbes & Co, Stuff Merchants which became synonymous with the stuff trade of Bradford and housed in an impressive new premises on Hall Ings, Bradford in 1853. The Milligan and Forbes Warehouse, now considered Bradford's first palazzo, has been the headquarters of the Telegraph and Argus since the 1920s. By 1847, Robert Milligan's esteem had risen enough for him to become the town's first mayor and chairman of the new borough magistrates.〔Wright, D.G.(1987), ''The Chartist Risings in Bradford'', p40. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, Bradford〕 He was later Liberal MP for the borough in three successive Parliaments from 1851 - 1857.〔James, John (1866), ''History of Bradford'', p15. E.J Morten, Manchester.〕 Of a strongly liberal position, Milligan was sympathetic to the Chartists who were active in Bradford during his tenure as M.P.〔Wright, D.G.(1987), ''The Chartist Risings in Bradford'', p47. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, Bradford〕 and held strong views on parliamentary reform and the emancipation of West Indian slaves.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Milligan (Bradford MP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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