1156 Francis Mildmay

Constituency : Totnes  1885-1912  ( from 1886  Liberal Unionist ) 1912-22  ( Conservative )

Francis  won  the  new  seat  of  Totnes. He  was  24.

Francis   was  the  great  grandson  of  Earl  Grey . He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge. He  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  Baring  Brothers. He  was  a director of  the Great Western  Railway.

Francis  was  persuaded  by Viscount  Ebrington  to  abstain  on  Jesse  Collings's  amendment  to  the  Queen's  Speech  to  the  fury  of  Collings  who  had  spoken  for  him  during  the  election  campaign.

Francis  went  over  to  the  Liberal  Unionists  in  1886.

Francis  volunteered  for  the  Imperial  Yeomanry  and  saw  service  in  the  Boer  War  where  he  was  lieutenant  of  a  battalion. He  also  served  as  a  divisional interpreter in  the  First  World War  and  saw  action  in  the  Second  Battle  of  Ypres.

Francis  retired in  1922  and  was  created  Baron  Mildmay. He  served  on  the  Committee for  Review  of  Political  Honours  Commission  between  1923  and 1924.

Francis  bred and  exhibited  cattle  on his  estate in  Devon  and  had  two  spells  as  President  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society. He  was  also  treasurer  of  the  Medical  Research Council.

He  died in  1947  aged  85.