Social Victorians/People/Mildmay

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Mildmay
  • Francis Bingham Mildmay
  • Baron Mildmay of Flete, of Totnes, in the County of Devon
    • Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete (20 November 1922 – 8 February 1947)[1]
  • Mr. F. B. Mildmay

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British

Residences[edit | edit source]

  • Flete House, near Plymouth[2]

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete (26 April 1861 – 8 February 1947)[1]
  • Alice Lilian Grenfell Mildmay ( – 22 March 1920)[3]
  1. Hon. Helen Winifred Mildmay (17 August 1907 – )
  2. Anthony Bingham Mildmay, 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete (14 April 1909 – 12 May 1950)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Organizations[edit | edit source]

  • Eton[2]
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • House of Commons, 1885–1922
  • Baring Brothers, merchant bank
  • Liberal, 1885–
  • Liberal Unionist
  • Conservative, 1912–1947

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1897 July 2, Mr. F. B. Mildmay attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1906 July 26, Francis Bingham Mildmay and Alice Lilian Grenfell married.[3]

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball[edit | edit source]

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Francis Bingham Mildmay (at 95) was dressed

  • in a "military uniform of the time of Louis XV."[4]:36, Col. 3b
  • in a "Military uniform of the time of Louis XV."[5]:8, Col. 1b
  • as "Field-Marshal Count Charles of Batthyany" in the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa Quadrille.[5][6]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27. https://www.thepeerage.com/p23858.htm#i238574.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Francis Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete". Wikipedia. 2020-07-30. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Mildmay,_1st_Baron_Mildmay_of_Flete&oldid=970337978. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Alice Lilian Grenfell." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27. https://www.thepeerage.com/p23858.htm#i238576.
  4. “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  6. "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.