Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay Explained

Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay
Office:Member of Parliament
for Herefordshire
Term Start:2 May 1859
Term End:19 July 1865
Alongside:James King King
Montagu Graham
Predecessor:James King King
Geers Cotterell
Montagu Graham
Successor:James King King
Joseph Bailey
Michael Biddulph
Birth Date:25 December 1825
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Whig
Parents:Humphrey St John-Mildmay
Anne Eugenia Baring

Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay (25 December 1825 – 29 November 1866)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician, and merchant banker.[2] [3] [4]

St John-Mildmay was the son of Humphrey St John-Mildmay and Anne Eugenia Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring and Anne Louise née Bingham. In June 1861, he married Sybella Harriet Clive, daughter of George Clive and Ann Sybella Martha née Farquhar, but they had no children.[4] [5]

After unsuccessfully contesting Maidstone as a Whig at the 1857 general election, St John Mildmay was elected Liberal MP for Herefordshire at the 1859 general election and held the seat until 1865, when he stood down.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "H" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 4 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029234340/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons2.htm . 29 October 2010 . usurped . 13 October 2017 .
  2. News: South Eastern Gazette. 27 May 2018. 24 March 1857. 7–8. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Nominations. 27 May 2018. Morning Chronicle. 28 March 1857. 5–7. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Book: Foster . Joseph . Joseph Foster (genealogist) . The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire for 1881 . 1881 . . Westminster . 432 . 4 August 2018 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Humphrey Francis St. John-Mildmay . The Peerage . 4 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804142343/http://www.thepeerage.com/p1436.htm . 4 August 2018 . 2 August 2018 . live.
  6. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 199, 396.