Humphrey St John-Mildmay

Mount Clare, front view

Humphrey St John-Mildmay (1794–1853) was an English merchant banker and politician, a partner with Baring Brothers.

Life

St John-Mildmay joined the Coldstream Guards and served as a Captain in the Peninsular War. After marrying Anne Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring in 1823[1] he was offered a partnership in the family bank. They had one child, Humphrey St John-Mildmay (1825-1866)

St John-Mildmay was also appointed a Director of the Bank of England.[2] He was Conservative MP for Southampton, Hampshire.[2] He spoke and voted against the Slave Trade Suppression Bill in 1843.[3]

He lived at Mount Clare, Roehampton from 1830–32.[4]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Bruce
Charles Cecil Martyn
Member of Parliament for Southampton
1842–1847
With: George William Hope
Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bt
Brodie McGhie Willcox

References

  1. "Harriet HERRING". Geneanet. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Humphrey St John-Mildmay". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London.
  3. "Slave Trade Suppression". Hansard. 71: 930–52. 18 August 1843.
  4. Gerhold, Dorian (1997). Villas and Mansions of Roehampton and Putney Heath. Wandsworth Historical Society. pp. 31–33. ISBN 0 905121 05 8.
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