Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter PC (27 December 1672 – 29 February 1756), styled The Honourable Benjamin Mildmay until 1728 and known as The Lord FitzWalter between 1728 and 1730, was a British politician.
[citation needed] He was one of the original backers of the Royal Academy of Music, establishing a London opera company which commissioned numerous works from Handel, Bononcini and others.
The latter year he succeeded his elder brother in the barony of FitzWalter and took his seat in the House of Lords.
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, and then served as Treasurer of the Household between 1736 and 1755.