Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete
- Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete
Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete (26 April 1861-8 February 1947) was a Conservative member of the British House of Commons. Mildmay represented the Totnes constituency in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1922. He became 1st Baron Mildmay and was Lord-Lieutenant of Devon.
Mildmay was the son of Henry Bingham Mildmay and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected as MP for Totnes in 1885 and held the seat for 37 years until 1922. He lived at Flete House, a mansion near Plymouth built by his father which remodelled and extended the original house of the Elizabethan era.
He saw service in the Second Boer War in 1900 as a Major in the West Kent Yeomanry and also in World War I between 1914 and 1918. At one stage he was divisional interpreter of General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, who referred to him with affection and some wonderment at his tireless work and bravery in doing his duty at 2nd Ypres. Mildmay was often found to be carrying messages across the battlefield. Snow described him as a colourful and brave chap and recommended him for a medal more than once though he never got one apart from the Territorial Decoration (T.D.).
He was created 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete, on the 20th November 1922 and was a member of the Committee for Review of Political Honours Commission between 1923 and 1924 He was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Devon in 1928.
Mildmay married Alice O. St. J. Grenfell, daughter of Charles Seymour Grenfell, in 1906 and had a son and daughter.
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* Army List: War Services of Officers of the Army as at 31 December 1919
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