Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet

Sir Henry St John Carew St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (15 April 1787 – 17 January 1848), of Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, was an English politician.

Dogmersfield Park - the St John Mildmay seat

He was the son of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet of Dogmersfield Park and educated at Winchester School (1798-1802) and Christ Church, Oxford (1805).

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester 1807–1818 and Mayor of Winchester for 1808.[1]

He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 11 Nov. 1808. He married twice; firstly, in 1809, Charlotte, the daughter of Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie, with whom he had one son. In 1815, five years after Charlotte's untimely death from giving birth to their son, he eloped with her sister Harriet (wife of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery) in Stuttgart, Württemberg. Together they had three sons. Sadly, Harriet eventually left him and, plagued by financial problems, he shot himself on 17 January 1848.

Issue

With Charlotte:

With Harriet:

  • Edmund Henry (1815-8 Oct 1905); his first marriage was to Louisa Josephine Saunders (d. 27 Jan 1865), ex-wife of Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Baronet. They had one daughter, Evelyn Augusta. Two years after louisa's death he married his cousin, Augusta Jane, daughter of the Ven. Carew Antony St John-Mildmay. They had three children.
  • Horace Osborne (1817-5 May 1866); served as an officer in the Austrian 5th Hussars. He married Jane Dombach in 1844. They had four sons, including Edward (29 Sep 1845-18 Jul 1917), vice-consul for the Austrian Empire at Milan.
  • Augustus Fitzwalter (d. 8 Mar 1839); was an officer in the 7th Austrian Hussars. Unmarried.

References

  1. ↑ "ST. JOHN MILDMAY, Henry St. John Carew (1787-1848), of Dogmersfield Park, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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