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Auction: 4004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 208

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Mildmay of Flete, Staff Corps, Late Imperial Yeomanry Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut. F.B. Mildmay. 36/Co.11/Imp.Yeo.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col); British War Medal and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt. Col. Rt. Hon. F.B. Mildmay); Jubilee 1935; Volunteer Decoration, E.VIII.R. (Hallmarks for London 1908), with its top riband bar, the group court-mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine or better (6) Estimate £ 400-450 Lieutenant Colonel Francis Bingham, Lord Mildmay of Flete (1861-1947), grandson of Earl Grey the Prime Minister; born at Totness, Devon; educated Eaton College; M.P. (U.) for Totnes Div. Devon 1885-1922; served in South Africa 1899-1902; embarked for France 21.12.1914 (Mentioned in Despatches four times 1.1.1916; 15.6.1916; 11.12.1917; 5.7.1919); President of both the Hunters Improvement and Light Horse Breeding Societies, 1922 and 1937; one of the three members of the Privy Council appointed by the Prime Minister to scrutinise the list of Political Honours before it was submitted to His Majesty, 1923-24; President of the Royal Agricultural Society 1932, 1941-43; and of Veterinary Committee of the same; Member of Executive Council of the Royal Veterinary College; Treasurer of the Medical Research Council; Member of the Civil List Committees at the Accessions respectively of King Edward VII, and King George V; Executive Committee and President of National Unionist Association, 1922. Lord Mildmay died 8.2.1947.

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