Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet

Sir Henry St John Carew St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (15 April 1787 – 17 January 1848), of Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, was an English politician.

Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, Bt
Member of Parliament for
Winchester
In office
1807–1818
Preceded bySir Henry St John-Mildmay, Bt
Richard Grace Gamon
Succeeded byJames Henry Leigh
Richard Meyler
Personal details
Born
Henry St John Carew St John-Mildmay

(1787-04-15)15 April 1787
Died17 January 1848(1848-01-17) (aged 60)
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Bouverie
(m. 1809; died 1810)

Harriet Primrose, Countess of Rosebery
(m. 1815; died 1848)
Parent(s)Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet
Jane Mildmay
EducationWinchester School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Early life

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Dogmersfield Park, the St John Mildmay seat

St John-Mildmay was born on 15 April 1787. He was the son of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet of Dogmersfield Park and Jane Mildmay, the daughter and co-heiress of Carew Mildmay of Shawford House, Hampshire.[1]

He was educated at Winchester School from 1798 to 1802, and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1805.[2]

Career

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He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester 1807–1818 and Mayor of Winchester for 1808.[2]

He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 11 November 1808.[2]

Personal life

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On 7 August 1809 he married Charlotte Bouverie, the daughter of Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie and Mary Wyndham Arundell. Before her death following childbirth, they were the parents of one son:[1]

In 1815, five years after Charlotte's untimely death from giving birth to their son, he eloped with her sister Harriet, Countess of Rosebery (née Bouverie), the wife of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery in Stuttgart, Württemberg. Before Harriet eventually left him, they had three sons:[1]

  • Edmund Henry St John-Mildmay (1815–1905), who married Louisa Josephine Saunders, former wife of Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Baronet. After her death in 1865, he married his cousin, Augusta Jane St John-Mildmay, daughter of the Ven. Carew Antony St John-Mildmay.[1]
  • Horace Osborne St John-Mildmay (1817–1866), an officer in the 5th Austrian Hussars; he married Jane Dombach in 1844.[1]
  • Augustus Fitzwalter St John-Mildmay (d. 1839), an officer in the 7th Austrian Hussars; he died unmarried.[1]

Plagued by financial problems, he shot himself on 17 January 1848.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, p. 3492.
  2. ^ a b c "ST. JOHN MILDMAY, Henry St. John Carew (1787-1848), of Dogmersfield Park, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Winchester
1807–1818
With: Richard Grace Gamon 1807–1812
Richard Meyler 1812–1818
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baronet
(of Farley)
1808–1848
Succeeded by