Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809–1885)

English man of letters. He was a patron of the English poet Algernon Swinburne and supporter of the poet Alfred Tennyson. He edited John Keats's Life and Letters in 1848, and collections of his poems in 1863 and 1876. Houghton was born in London, England. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he became friendly with Tennyson and William Thackeray.