Johnson appointed one judge to the United States Court of Claims, Samuel Milligan, who served from 1868 to 1874.

The name is mainly associated with Morton who has been credited as an influence by Spike Milligan amongst others.

In his published Diary, Michael Palin recalls that during the filming of Monty Python's Life of Brian in Tunisia, Spike Milligan ( who happened to be there on holiday ) regaled the Pythons with his own version of the Dead Parrot sketch, but changed " Norwegian Blue " to " Arctic Grey ".

Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India, on 16 April 1918, the son of an Irish father, Captain Leo Alphonso Milligan, MSM, RA ( 1890 – 1969 ), who was serving in the British Indian Army.

During a visit to Australia in 1958, a similar special was made for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, " The Gladys Half-Hour ", which also featured local actors Ray Barrett, and John Bluthal, who would appear in several later Milligan projects.

Miles described Milligan as :" a man of quite extraordinary talents ... a visionary who is out there alone, denied the usual contacts simply because he is so different he can't always communicate with his own species ...".

Garfield was one of three attorneys who argued for the petitioners in the famous Supreme Court case Ex parte Milligan in 1866.

He met De Momerie's companion, Major Milligan, who appears to be the cocaine supplier for the group.

A stage actress and model who had appeared as an extra in The Persuaders !, a secretary in The Saint, and other TV shows and films, she started to appear as an extra in BBC comedy productions, including The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise and Spike Milligan.

Noted artist Daphne Todd was commissioned for the painting, who has had such notable sitters as HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Spike Milligan.

Peter Milligan, who began his career at 2000 AD, before working briefly for both Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics, contributed two titles ( one quarter of the initial line-up ; the same as Gaiman ) to the Vertigo launch.

As Johnson rose through the ranks of political office in state and national government, he used his influence to help Greeneville constituents obtain government positions, among them his long-time supporter, Sam Milligan, who was appointed to the Court of Claims in Washington, D. C.

The last convener of Lothian Regional Council was Eric Milligan, who later served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

Greenwood was described as " a model of generosity and tolerance ... he only person in the cast who could not be ' corpsed ' by Milligan ( although ) he tried very hard.

He later transferred to the entertainment branch ( under luminaries such as Spike Milligan ), and immediately prior to his national service, there was a brief stint at RADA ( the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ), during which his fees were paid by film director Brian Desmond Hurst, who also used Moore as an extra in his film Trottie True.

Other writers who have written for the series include Paul Jenkins, Warren Ellis, Brian Azzarello, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Denise Mina, and currently Peter Milligan.

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ( RSCDS ), was founded in 1923 as the Scottish Country Dance Society by Jean Milligan and Ysobel Stewart of Fasnacloich, who wanted to preserve country dancing as performed in Scotland, country dancing having fallen into disuse after the influx of continental ballroom dances such as the waltz or quadrilles and, later on, American-style dances like the One-step or foxtrot.

Milligan was in a relationship until 1992 with Julie Kirkbride, a Daily Telegraph journalist who later served as Conservative MP for Bromsgrove from 1997 until 2010.

Warfield, like those who follow in his footsteps, did not seek to support his doctrine of cosmic eschatology from, treating that passage ( following Kliefoth, Duesterdieck, and Milligan ) as descriptive of the intermediate state and the contrast between church militant and triumphant.

Animal Man placed Morrison at the head of the so-called " Brit Wave " invasion of American comics, along with such writers as Neil Gaiman, Peter Milligan, Jamie Delano and Alan Moore ( who had launched the ' invasion ' with his work on Swamp Thing ).< ref name =" vert-ency ">

Milligan was a wealthy West Indies merchant and shipowner, who returned to London having previously managed his family's Jamaica sugar plantations.

According to Milligan, the columns had been an influence on the comedic style of his radio series, The Goon Show.

Milligan had perfect pitch.

An incident also mentioned was when Major Jenkins had invited Gunners Milligan and Edgington to his bivouac to play some jazz with him, only to discover that the musicianship of the aforementioned gunners was far superior to his own ability to play the military tune ' Whistling Rufus '.

In late 1952, possibly exacerbated by suppressed tensions between the Goons ' stars, Milligan apparently became irrationally convinced that he had to kill Sellers, but when he attempted to gain entry to Sellers's neighbouring flat, armed with a potato knife, he accidentally walked straight through the plate-glass front door.

15-minute adaptations of the original scripts by Maurice Wiltshire were used instead, with Milligan, Sellers and Secombe reuniting to provide the voices ; according to a contemporary press report, they received the highest fees the BBC had ever paid for 15-minute shows.

Milligan later complained of the BBC's cold attitude towards the series and stated that he would have made more programs had he been given the opportunity.

He had one daughter with his second wife, Patricia Ridgeway ( known as Paddy ): the actress Jane Milligan ( b. 1966 ).

On 9 June 2006 it was reported that Richard Wiseman had identified Milligan as the writer of the world's funniest joke as decided by the Laughlab project.

Milligan had a small role as a postman named " Mate ", which was also the name of a Goon Show character.

The competition was stiffer, since Garfield now had taken positions on issues which bore defending, such as the draft legislation he supported, tariffs, and his involvement in the Milligan case.

Spike Milligan, writer of The Goon Show, remarked that a lot of blue innuendo came from serviceman's jokes, which most of the cast understood ( they all had been soldiers ) and many of the audience understood, but which passed over the heads of most of the BBC producers and directors, most of whom were " Officer class.

Before that time it had gone by names such as Colorado Chiquito, Milligan Settlement, and Valle Redondo ( Round Valley ).

He had a role as a Colonel in Jay Lewis's Invasion Quartet opposite Bill Travers and Spike Milligan.

Milligan speculated the bill may have been adapted for the local conditions, slim fare meaning the birds had to pick at dangerous scorpions and spiders.

This was a sitcom written by Spike Milligan and Neil Shand, which was cancelled by the BBC after just one episode had been broadcast.

David Chidgey had succeeded the Conservative MP Stephen Milligan after his high profile death.

It had many notable writers including Ray Alan, John Cleese, Barry Cryer, Spike Milligan, David Nobbs, David Renwick, John Sullivan, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Laurie Rowley.

She had previously been the girlfriend of Conservative MP Stephen Milligan before his death by auto-erotic asphyxiation in 1994.

He married Catherine Mary Milligan ( Kitty ) in 1812, and they had 13 children, including Robert, later the Governor of Maryland.

Also during 1967, Stigwood purchased a controlling interest in Associated London Scripts, a writers ' agency co-founded by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes around 1954, in which many of Britain's best comedy and television scriptwriters had been involved.

By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy.