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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Obituary: Lord Milner |
 | | Lord Milner, who has died aged 79, surprised many outsiders when he topped the Labour poll for the hereditary peers who should survive the cull in Tony Blair's 1999 reform of the upper house. |
 | | It was partly a tribute to his father, James Milner, who had been a pillar of the party during its difficult prewar days and, having been Labour MP for Leeds South-East from 1929 to 1951, rose to become deputy Commons speaker from 1943 to 1951, and then the first baron. |
 | | Milner only came to political prominence on inheriting his father's title in 1967, when his maiden speech urged the raising of the speed limit. |
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