Francis Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete

[4] He held the seat for 37 years until he retired from the Commons at the 1922 general election[5] and was ennobled.

He saw active service in the Second Boer War when he volunteered for the Imperial Yeomanry, where he was appointed a lieutenant in the 11th battalion on 10 February 1900,[6] leaving Liverpool for South Africa on the SS Cymric in March 1900.

At one stage he was divisional interpreter of General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, who referred to him with affection and some wonderment at his tireless work and bravery in doing his duty at the Second Battle of Ypres.

He was an extensive breeder and exhibitor of South Devon Cattle and was President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in 1932 and from 1941 to 1943.

He was a member and treasurer of the Medical Research Council and a director of the Great Western Railway, who named 'Bulldog' class locomotive 3417 after him.