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

Member of Parliament

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 for Winchester and Hampshire

Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...

. The second Baronet represented Hampshire in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Westbury

Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Westbury was a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire from 1449 to 2010. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, and then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...

, Winchester and Hampshire. He married Jane, daughter of Carew Mildmay, and assumed the additional surname of Mildmay. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Winchester. The title became dormant in 1955 on the death of the tenth Baronet. In 1998 Walter John Hugh St John-Mildmay successfully proved his right to the title and became the eleventh Baronet.

Several other members of the family have also gained distinction. Hervey George St John-Mildmay (1817-1882), son of Paulet St John-Mildmay (1791-1845), second son of the third Baronet, was a Captain

Captain (naval)

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 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. George William St John-Mildmay (1792-1851), third son of the third Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. John Francis St John-Mildmay (1795-1823), fourth son of the third Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. Humphrey St John-Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Southampton

Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election....

. His son Humphrey St John-Mildmay was Member of Parliament for Herefordshire

Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885...

. Francis Mildmay

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....

, son of Henry Bingham Mildmay, another son of Humphrey St John-Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Mildmay of Flete

Baron Mildmay of Flete

Baron Mildmay of Flete, of Totnes in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 November 1922 for Francis Mildmay, for many years Member of Parliament for Totnes. He was the grandson of Humphrey St John-Mildmay, younger son of Sir Henry Paulet St...

 in 1922 (see this title for further information on this branch of the family). The Venerable Carew Antony St John-Mildmay (1800-1878), seventh son of the third Baronet, was Archdeacon of Essex.

The family surname is pronounced "Sinjun-Mildmay".

St John, later St John-Mildmay Baronets, of Farley (1772)

• Sir Paulet St John, 1st Baronet (1704-1780)
• Sir Henry Paulet St John, 2nd Baronet (1737-1784)
• Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet (1764-1808)
• Sir Henry St John Carew St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (1787-1848)
• Sir Henry Bouverie Paulet St John-Mildmay, 5th Baronet (1810-1902)
• Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 6th Baronet (1853-1916)
• Sir Gerald Anthony Shaw-Lefevre St John-Mildmay, 7th Baronet (1860-1929)
• Sir Anthony St John-Mildmay, 8th Baronet (1894-1947)
• Sir Henry Gerald St John-Mildmay, 9th Baronet (1926-1949)
• Sir Aubrey Neville St John-Mildmay, 10th Baronet (1865-1955) (dormant)
• Sir Walter John Hugh St John-Mildmay, 11th Baronet (b. 1935) (claimed title 1998)