Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Millner, John
MILLNER, JOHN (fl. 1712), was captain in the Scots royal (1st royal Scots foot) during the time that regiment was commanded by George Hamilton, earl of Orkney [q. v.] A captain ‘Milner’ was wounded with the 2nd battalion of the regiment at Blenheim (see Blenheim Roll in Treasury Papers, vol. xciii.) Millner appears to have served through Marlborough's campaigns with Orkney's regiment, but in what rank is not clear. By some he is said to have been what would now be called orderly-room sergeant. He was the author of a ‘Compendious Journal of all the Marches, Battles, Sieges … and other Actions of the Allies in their War against France in Holland, Germany, and Flanders, under the Duke of Marlborough,’ London, 8vo, which was published in 1733, and is chiefly noticeable for its very precise itinerary of all the marches of the army from 1702 to 1712. The exact date of his death has not been discovered, but his name does not appear in the lists of officers, serving and reduced, published a few years later.
[Home Office Papers; Military Records; Millner's book.]