# Monckton Milnes — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Monckton Milnes in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Milnes, Even Monckton Milnes

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-eccentricity-1863

## Who they are

English poet and literary figure, host of salons.

## Relationships

### [Henry Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/characters/henry_adams)

_social_

Monckton Milnes was a literary and social acquaintance who introduced Henry Adams to British intellectual circles.

## In the story

### [IX: Foes or Friends (1862)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/ix-foes-or-friends-1862)

A kind figure who invites Henry Adams to Fryston, providing a rare act of charity and friendship during a difficult year.

### [XI: The Battle of the Rams (1863)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xi-the-battle-of-the-rams-1863)

Hosts a reception where he embraces Henry Adams in triumph upon news of Vicksburg and Gettysburg, symbolizing British pro-Union sentiment.

### [Eccentricity (1863)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xii-eccentricity-1863)

Described as an eccentric in manner but not in mind, with ideas slightly ahead of his time; a friend of the Legation.

### [XIII: The Perfection of Human Society (1864)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xiii-the-perfection-of-human-society-1864)

Milnes is mentioned as an example of the grotesque style of London toilette, like him on horseback in Rotten Row.

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