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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 . Origins.
O Emmanuel College é uma das faculdades que constituem a Universidade de Cambridge, fundado em 1584 por sir Walter Mildmay no lugar de um antigo convento pregador.
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. Sir Walter served as a trusted financial adviser to both Edward VI & Mary I.
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.
Mildmay’s sympathy with puritanism combined with his reverence for the monarchy, his financial and administrative ability, and his quality as an orator, made him a leading Privy Councillor in the House of Commons.
3 de mar. de 2010 · It is the statutes made by Sir Walter under this charter that are here presented in full in an English translation. As a picture of a living society a body of rules might well be thought no more than dry bones; but Mildmay's statutes have a deal more flesh on them than their modern counterparts.
MILDMAY, Sir WALTER (1520?–1589), chancellor of the exchequer, and founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, was fourth and youngest son of Thomas Mildmay of Chelmsford, by his wife, Agnes Read. The latter was buried at Chelmsford, 5 Oct. 1557 ( Machyn, Diary, p. 154).
