Humphrey St John-Mildmay

Merchant banker, partner in Baring Brothers, younger son of Sir Henry Paulet St John Mildmay landowner and MP, and son-in-law of Alexander Baring (1st Baron Ashburton).

1. 'He became a partner in Baring Brothers and a Director of the Bank of England purely, it seems, through his marriage to a Baring daughter - he had no other connection with the bank.' He was also a captain in the Coldstream Guards and served in the Peninsular War. Married first in 1823 (Hon.) Anne, daughter of Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton; and secondly in 1843 to Marianne daughter of Grenville Harcourt-Vernon.  MP for Southampton 1842-7.

2. Mildmay's son with Anne Baring, Humphrey Francis Mildmay (1825-1866), was a partner in Barings, and left £300,000 at death, as did Humphrey St John-Mildmay himself.

T71/887 British Guiana claim no. 2282 (Spring Garden).

1. William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume Two 1840-1859 (MS) reference 1853/32.

2. William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1867/49.