Sir Henry Mildmay (ca. 1593–1664) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War and was one of the Regicides of Charles I of England.
Mildmay was knighted in 1617 and made Master of the Jewel Office in 1618. In 1621, Mildmay was elected Member of Parliament for Maldon. He was elected MP for Westbury in 1624 and Maldon again in 1625 and 1628. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years He attended Charles I on a visit to Scotland in 1639.
In April 1640 Mildmay was elected MP for Maldon in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Maldon in the Long Parliament in November 1640 He supported parliament during the Civil War and was a revenue commissioner between 1645 and 1652. In 1646 he was left as hostage in Scotland. He remained in the Rump Parliament after Pride's Purge and was present at the trial of Charles I.
Mildmay was a member of the Councils of State from 1649 until 1652. He was called on to account for the king's jewels in 1660 and attempted to escape. He was disgraced and sentenced to imprisonment for life. In 1664 a warrant was issued for his transportation to Tangier, and he died at Antwerp on the way.
Henry Mildmay (c. 1593–1664) was one of the regicides of Charles I.
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Henry Mildmay (25 November 1619 – 3 December 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1692. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
Biography
Mildmay was the eldest son of Sir Henry Mildmay of Graces, Little Baddow and his second wife Amy Gurdon, daughter of Brampton Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk. He was educated at Felsted School under Martin Holbeach and entered Grey's Inn in 1632. His father died in 1639 and he succeeded to the estate at Little Baddow. He was captain of horse in the Parliamentary army in 1642 and was a colonel in 1643. Also in 1643 he was commissioner for levying money for Essex, commissioner for defence for the eastern association and commissioner for execution of ordinances. He was commissioner for militia for Middlesex in 1644 and commissioner for assessment for Essex from 1644 to 1652. In 1645 he was commissioner for new model ordinance for Essex 1645, commissioner for defence for Ely 1645, governor of Cambridge Castle and became J.P. for until July 1660.In 1648 he was commissioner for militia for Essex. He was commissioner for assessment for Shropshire from 1650 to 1652 and JP for Shropshire from 1650 to 1653.
Major Sir Henry Paulet St John Mildmay (28 April 1853 – 24 April 1916) was an English baronet and cricketer. Mildmay was a right-handed batsman.
Mildmay made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Sussex at the County Ground, Hove in 1881. Tolfree played seven first-class matches for Hampshire between 1881 and 1884, with his final first-class match for the county coming in 1884 against Kent. In Mildmay's seven first-class matches he scored 157 runs at a batting average of 11.41 and made a high score of 26. With the ball Tolfree took a single wicket at the cost of 51 runs.
In addition to being a cricketer, Mildmay served in Grenadier Guards, where he held the rank of Major. Mildmay later became the 6th Baronet St. John. Mildmay died at Dogmersfield, Hampshire on 24 April 1916.