Baron Mildmay of Flete, of Totnes in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 20 November 1922 for Francis Mildmay, for many years Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Totnes

Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was the grandson of Humphrey St John-Mildmay, younger son of Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet (see St John-Mildmay Baronets

St John-Mildmay Baronets

The St John, later St John-Mildmay Baronetcy, of Farley in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 9 October 1772 for Paulet St John, Member of Parliament for Winchester and Hampshire. The second Baronet represented Hampshire in the House of...

 for earlier history of the family). The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, on 12 May 1950.

The family seat was Flete House

Flete House

Flete House is a Grade I listed country house at Holbeton, in the South Hams district of Devon, England.Flete was a Saxon estate, the manor being held by the Damarell family from the reign of William I until the time of Edward III....

, Devon

Devon

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Barons Mildmay of Flete (1922)

• Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete
  Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete
  Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete DL, TD was initially a Liberal and later a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1922 when he was raised to the peerage....
  
   (1861–1947)
• Anthony Bingham Mildmay, 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete
  Anthony Bingham Mildmay, 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete
  Anthony Bingham Mildmay, 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete was an amateur steeplechaser who raced in the Grand National. He kindled the Queen Mother’s interest in National Hunt racing.-Birth, education and military service:...
  
  (1909–1950)