| 词条 | Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Earl FitzWalter | honorific-suffix = PC | image = | imagesize = | order1 = First Lord of Trade | term_start1 = May 1735 | term_end1 = June 1737 | monarch1 = George II | primeminister1 = Sir Robert Walpole | predecessor1 = The Earl of Westmorland | successor1 = The Lord Monson | order2 = Treasurer of the Household | term_start2 = 1736 | term_end2 = 1755 | monarch2 = George II | primeminister2 = Sir Robert Walpole The Earl of Wilmington Hon. Henry Pelham The Duke of Newcastle | predecessor2 = The Lord De La Warr | successor2 = The Lord Berkeley of Stratton | birth_date = {{birth-date|27 December 1672}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|29 February 1756|27 December 1672}} | death_place = London | nationality = British | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = Lady Frederica Schomberg (1688–1751) }} Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}} (27 December 1672{{snd}}29 February 1756), styled The Honourable Benjamin Mildmay until 1728 and known as The Lord FitzWalter between 1728 and 1730, was a British politician. He served as First Lord of Trade between 1735 and 1737 and as Treasurer of the Household between 1737 and 1755. BackgroundMildmay was a younger son of Benjamin Mildmay, 17th Baron FitzWalter, by the Honourable Catherine, daughter of William Fairfax, 3rd Viscount Fairfax of Emley.[1] Political careerMildmay served as Commissioner of Excise between 1720 and 1728. The latter year he succeeded his elder brother in the barony of FitzWalter and took his seat in the House of Lords.[1] In 1730 he was created Viscount Harwich, in the County of Essex, and Earl FitzWalter.[2] In 1735 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed First Lord of Trade under Sir Robert Walpole,[3] a post he held until 1737,[1][4] and then served as Treasurer of the Household between 1736 and 1755.[1] He was also Lord-Lieutenant of Essex from 1741 to 1756.[1][4] Personal lifeLord FitzWalter married Lady Frederica Susanna, daughter of Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and widow of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, in 1724. They had no children. She died in August 1751. Lord FitzWalter died in London in February 1756, aged 83. The viscountcy and earldom died with him, while the barony fell into abeyance.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 thepeerage.com Benjamin Mildmay, 1st and last Earl FitzWalter {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=The Earl of Westmorland}}{{s-ttl|title=First Lord of Trade|years=1735–1737 }}{{s-aft|after=The Lord Monson}}{{s-bef|before=The Lord De La Warr}}{{s-ttl|title=Treasurer of the Household|years=1737–1755 }}{{s-aft|after=The Lord Berkeley of Stratton}}{{s-hon}}{{s-bef|before=The Earl of Thomond}}{{s-ttl|title=Lord-Lieutenant of Essex|years=1741–1756 }}{{s-aft|after=The Earl of Rochford}}{{s-reg|gb}}{{s-new|creation }}{{s-ttl | title=Earl FitzWalter | years=1730–1756}}{{s-non| reason=Extinct}}{{s-reg|en}}{{s-bef|before=Charles Mildmay}}{{s-ttl | title=Baron FitzWalter | years=1728–1756}}{{s-non | reason = Abeyant }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:FitzWalter, Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl}}2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=6881 |date=9 May 1730 |page=1 }} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=7402 |date=9 May 1730 |page=1 }} 4. ^1 leighrayment.com Peerage: Feversham to Fitzwarine 11 : 1672 births|1756 deaths|17th-century English nobility|18th-century English nobility|18th-century British politicians|Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain|Lord-Lieutenants of Essex|Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain|Treasurers of the Household|Presidents of the Board of Trade|Barons FitzWalter |
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