Baron Mildmay of Flete
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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
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created on 20 November 1922 for Francis Mildmay, for many years Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Totnes
Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)
Totnes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....

. 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
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

.

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)
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