The St John, later St John-Mildmay Baronetcy, of Farley in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 9 October 1772 for Paulet St John,

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for Winchester and

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. The second Baronet represented Hampshire in the

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. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Westbury, Winchester and Hampshire. He married Jane, daughter of Carew Mildmay, and assumed the additional surname of Mildmay. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Winchester. The title became dormant in 1955 on the death of the tenth Baronet. In 1998 Walter John Hugh St John-Mildmay successfully proved his right to the title and became the eleventh Baronet. Several other members of the family have also gained distinction. Hervey George St John-Mildmay (1817–1882), son of Paulet St John-Mildmay (1791–1845), second son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the

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. George William St John-Mildmay (1792–1851), third son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. John Francis St John-Mildmay (1795–1823), fourth son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Humphrey St John-Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, was Member of Parliament for

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. His son Humphrey St John-Mildmay was Member of Parliament for

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. Francis Mildmay, son of Henry Bingham Mildmay, another son of Humphrey St John-Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Mildmay of Flete in 1922 (see this title for further information on this branch of the family). The Venerable Carew Antony St John-Mildmay (1800–1878), seventh son of the third Baronet, was Archdeacon of Essex. Grace Audrey Laura St John-Mildmay, wife of the opera manager John Christie, was daughter of the tenth baronet. The family surname is pronounced "Sinjun-Mildmay".

St John, later St John-Mildmay baronets, of Farley (1772)

Sir Paulet St John, 1st Baronet Sir Paulet St John, 1st Baronet (7 April 1704 – 8 June 1780) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1734 and 1754. Life He was born the eldest son of Ellis St John (formerly Mews) of Farley Chamberlayne by his seco ...

(1704–1780) * Sir Henry Paulet St John, 2nd Baronet (1737–1784) * Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet (1764–1808) * Sir Henry St John Carew St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (1787–1848) * Sir Henry Bouverie Paulet St John-Mildmay, 5th Baronet (1810–1902) * Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 6th Baronet (1853–1916) * Sir Gerald Anthony Shaw-Lefevre St John-Mildmay, 7th Baronet (1860–1929) * Sir Anthony St John-Mildmay, 8th Baronet (1894–1947) * Sir Henry Gerald St John-Mildmay, 9th Baronet (1926–1949) * Sir Aubrey Neville St John-Mildmay, 10th Baronet (1865–1955) (dormant) ** Verus Arundell St John-Mildmay, presumed de jure Baronet (1906–1965) ** Michael Paulet St John-Mildmay, presumed de jure Baronet (1903–1993) * Sir Walter John Hugh St John-Mildmay, 11th Baronet (1935–2022) (claimed title 1998)

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* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Saint John-Mildmay 1772 establishments in Great Britain St John family