1. Devereux Milburn was an American champion polo player in the early to mid twentieth century.
12 Facts About Devereux Milburn
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Devereux Milburn was one of a group of Americans known as the Big Four in international polo, winning the Westchester Cup six times.
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Devereux Milburn was the son of New York lawyer and politician John George Milburn, born in England, and Mary Patty Stocking, a teacher and the daughter of farmers in Wyoming County, New York.
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Devereux Milburn had two younger brothers, John G Milburn Jr.
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Devereux Milburn entered Lincoln College, Oxford in 1899 alongside his brother John George Devereux Milburn Jr.
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Devereux Milburn served as an Aide-de-camp for Major-General James H McRae at Chatel-Chehery in 1917.
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Devereux Milburn was one of the Big Four who played polo internationally against the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
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Devereux Milburn participated on teams that won the Westchester Cup six times.
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Devereux Milburn was featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 5,1927, and was referenced in an article on the upcoming polo season in that edition.
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On November 1,1913, Devereux Milburn was married to Nancy Gordon Steele in the little stone Church of the Advent in Westbury on Long Island.
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Devereux Milburn maintained a residence at 627 Magnolia St in Aiken, SC in the Gilded Age Aiken Winter Colony.
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Devereux Milburn died on August 15,1942, at the age of 60 of a heart attack, while playing golf at the Meadowbrook Polo Club in Westbury, Long Island.