James Donald Milner (20 November 1874 – 15 August 1927) was a British art executive who served as director of the National Portrait Gallery, London from 1916 until his death in 1927.‘MILNER, James Donald’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 6 May 2013
Life Milner joined the Gallery around 1893 as a Clerk.M. A., The Director of the National Portrait Gallery, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs Vol. 29, No. 162 (Sep., 1916), p. 263. Published by: Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. He learned about English portraits by visiting country houses, as an assistant to George Scharf. His appointment reflected his record as an administrator, his familiarity with the Gallery's traditions, and the acceptability to many of the trustees of his art historical background.James Donald Milner, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Vol. 51, No. 294 (Sep., 1927), p. 150. Published by: Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd.
Works Catalogue of portraits of botanists exhibited in the museums of the Royal Botanic Gardens (1906)
Some portraits by Milner are held by the National Portrait Gallery.
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