Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet


Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet, of Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, was an English politician.

Life

St John was the only son of Sir Henry Paulet St John, Bt and his wife Dorothea Maria Tucker, daughter of Abraham Tucker of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, and was born on 30 September 1764. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1781, graduating M.A. in 1785.
St John succeeded to the baronetcy and Dogmersfield Park in 1784. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1787 and a member for Westbury 1796 – 1802, for Winchester 1802–1807 and for Hampshire 1807 – 11 November 1808.
In 1790 St John succeeded his wife's great-uncle Carew Hervey Mildmay to Marks Hall, Essex and Hazelgrove, Somerset and took the additional name of Mildmay. In 1796 he also succeeded his wife's aunt Anne, widow of Sir William Mildmay, 1st Bt., to Moulsham Hall, Essex.
St John-Mildmay died in 1808 and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet.

Family

St John married, in 1786, Jane, the daughter and coheir of Carew Mildmay of Shawford House, Hampshire and had 11 sons and 3 daughters.