Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter 1672-1756

On 6th December 1669 [his father] Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter [aged 23] and [his mother] Catherine Fairfax [aged 25] were married.

On 27th December 1672 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter was born to Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter [aged 26] and Catherine Fairfax [aged 28].

In 1679 [his father] Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter [aged 33] died. His son [his brother] Charles [aged 9] succeeded 18th Baron Fitzwalter.

On 8th June 1693 [his brother] Charles Mildmay 18th Baron Fitzwalter [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bertie Baroness Fitzwalter [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.

On 26th May 1715 Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness [aged 33] and [his future wife] Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Holderness. She the daughter of Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg [aged 73] and Karoline von der Pfalz.

On 18th June 1724 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter [aged 51] and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter [aged 37] were married. She the daughter of Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg and Karoline von der Pfalz.

On 20th March 1725 [his mother] Catherine Fairfax [aged 81] died.

In 1728 Charles Mildmay 18th Baron Fitzwalter [aged 58] died without issue. His brother Benjamin [aged 55] succeeded 19th Baron Fitzwalter. Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter [aged 41] by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.

In 1730 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Fitzwalter, 1st Viscount Harwich Essex. [his wife] Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter [aged 43] by marriage Countess Fitzwalter.

In 1735 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter [aged 62] was appointed to the Privy Council and as First Lord of Trade.

In 1737 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter [aged 64] was appointed Treasurer of the Household.

In 1741 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter [aged 68] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Essex.

On 7th August 1751 [his wife] Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter [aged 64] died.

On 29th February 1756 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter [aged 83] died. Earl Fitzwalter, Viscount Harwich Essex extinct. Baron Fitzwalter abeyant between the issue of his aunt Mary Mildmay. The abeyance was terminated 30 Sep 1924 after nearly 169 years in favour of one of the co-heirs Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter.