Humphrey St John-Mildmay (1794–1853) was an English

merchant banker A merchant bank is historically a bank dealing in commercial loans and investment. In modern British usage it is the same as an investment bank. Merchant banks were the first modern banks and evolved from medieval merchants who traded in commodi ...

and politician, a partner with Baring Brothers.

Life

St John-Mildmay joined the

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and served as a captain in the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...

. After marrying Anne Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring in 1823 he was offered a partnership in the family bank. They had one child, Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay (1825–1866) St John-Mildmay was also appointed a Director of the Bank of England. He was

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MP for

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. He spoke and voted against the Slave Trade Suppression Bill in 1843. He lived at

Mount Clare, Roehampton Mount Clare is a Grade I listed house built in 1772 in Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The architect was Sir Robert Taylor, and the house was enlarged with a portico and other enrichments in 1780 by Placid ...

from 1830–32.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:St John-Mildmay, Humphrey 1794 births 1853 deaths British Army personnel of the Peninsular War Coldstream Guards officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Southampton People associated with the Bank of England UK MPs 1841–1847 19th-century English businesspeople