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Portrait by Paul van Somer I (c. 1577–1621) Arms of Mildmay: Argent, three lions rampant azure. Sir Walter Mildmay (bef. 1523 – 31 May 1589) was a statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I, and founded Emmanuel College, Cambridge .
Like Walsingham, Mildmay saw the religious problem against a European background, and was aware of the danger of protestant divisions when the Catholics threatened. From 1576 he began to act as one of the government spokesmen in the House, four speeches being recorded in this session, and seven in 1581.
Emmanuel College was founded by Sir Walter Mildmay in 1584 on the site of a former priory of the Dominican Order, also known as the Black Friars or Preachers. Mildmay had a long career of public service to his credit, and was for many years Chancellor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I.
About Us. History of the College. The College's Founder. Sir Walter Mildmay was the son of a Chelmsford shopkeeper and rose to power & fortune during the reign of Henry VIII. He was a classic example of the social mobility that flourished during the early sixteenth century.
Information. Sir Walter Mildmay was educated at Cambridge and became an important figure in royal court proceedings and as an MP. In 1553, in the first year of the reign of Queen Mary, Mildmay was elected MP for Peterborough, having recently gained Apethorpe Hall (now Palace).
Mildmay's illness, however,brought the suggestion to nothing. He died at Hackney on 31 May 1589, and was buried beside his wife in the church of St. Bartholomew the Great in London, where an elaborate monument still exists to his memory. 'The marble panelling and gilded mouldings produce a gorgeous effect.'.
Sir Henry Mildmay (ca. 1593–1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War and was one of the Regicides of Charles I of England. [1] Mildmay was knighted in 1617, and made Master of the Jewel Office in 1618.
