MILLS, CHARLES JAMES CONWAY (son of major William Mills of
Teddington, Middlesex 1791–1838). _b._ 29 May 1816; ed.
Rugby; ensign 77 foot 26 Dec. 1834; lieut. 52 foot 23 Feb.
1839, lieut.-col. 11 July 1856 to 24 Oct. 1856; served before
Sebastopol 1855; lieut.-col. 94 foot 24 Oct. 1856, placed on
h.p. 18 Feb. 1862; colonel commandant Oxford military brigade
depot 1 April 1873; L.G. 25 June 1878; placed on retired list
with hon. rank of general 1 July 1881. _d._ Howard’s villa,
Cardington, Bedford 12 Feb. 1894.
MILLS, FRANCIS. _b._ 1793; well known in fashionable and
financial society; a frequent contributor to periodicals;
amateur painter; one of founders of the Garrick club 1831. _d._
of apoplexy Spring gardens terrace, St. James’ park, London 21
July 1854.
MILLS, GEORGE (son of Wm. Mills 1776–1857). _b._ 1808; ed.
at univ. of Glasgow; ship-builder with Charles Wood at
Bowling-on-the-Clyde 1835–44, began building iron steamers 1838
and many iron canal boats; a stockbroker 1845–50 and manager of
the Bowling and Balloch railway and of the Loch Lomond steamboat
company; started the Glasgow advertiser and shipping gazette,
the first Glasgow penny paper 1857, which ceased 1858; started
in Aberdeen 1869 a halfpenny paper called The Northern Star,
which ceased 1871; literary critic of the Glasgow Mail many
years; started the Milton chemical works 1866, which he carried
on till his death; published anonymously Craigclutha: a tale of
old Glasgow and the west of Scotland 1857; I remember 1858; and
The beggar’s benison, or a hero without a name but with an aim:
a Clydesdale story 2 vols. 1866. _d._ Glasgow, May 1881.
MILLS, HENRY. _b._ 1819; barrister M.T. 3 Nov. 1843; recorder of
Buckingham, Jany. 1858 to Nov. 1863; Q.C. 22 Feb. 1861; judge of
high court of judicature at Calcutta 5 Nov. 1863 to death. _d._
Calcutta 19 March 1864.
MILLS, JOHN (1 son of Wm. Mills of Bisterne, Hants., M.P.
1750–1820). _b._ 11 Aug. 1789; ed. Harrow, matric. from Ch. Ch.
Oxf. 22 Oct. 1807; officer in Coldstream guards; served in the
Peninsula and in Holland; M.P. Rochester 1831–4; a verderer of
the New Forest. _d._ Bisterne 18 Feb. 1871.
MILLS, JOHN (son of Edward Mills). _b._ Llanidloes,
Montgomeryshire 19 Dec. 1812; greatly extended musical culture
in Wales by establishing musical societies in various places;
went to London as a missionary to the Jews on behalf of the
Welsh Calvinistic methodists 1846; visited the Holy Land 1855
and 1859; author of Grammadeg Cerddoriaeth, a grammar of music.
Llanidloes 1838; The British Jews 1853; Palestina. Llanidloes
1858; Three months residence in Nablûs, and an account of the
modern Samaritans 1864. _d._ London 28 July 1873. _Biography of
the Rev. John Mills. By R. Mills and Rev. N. C. Jones, D.D._
(_in Welsh_). _Aberdare_ (1881).
MILLS, JOHN. Resided in Essex; author of The old English
gentleman or the fields and the woods 3 vols. 1841; The stage
coach or the road of life 3 vols. 1843; D’Horsay or the follies
of a day 1844; The English fireside 3 vols. 1844; The old hall
or our hearth and homestead 3 vols. 1845; The sportsman’s
library 1845; Christmas in the olden times 1846; The life of a
foxhound 1848, 3 ed. 1892; A capful of moonshine, or ’tis not
all gold that glitters 1849; Our county 3 vols. 1850; The belle
of the village 3 vols. 1852; The life of a racehorse 1854; The
wheel of life 1855; The flyers of the hunt 1859; Stable secrets
or Puffy Doddles, his sayings and sympathies 1863; Too fast to
last 3 vols. 1881; On the spur of the moment 3 vols. 1884. _d._
about 1885.
MILLS, JOHN. Ed. at Pembroke coll. Camb., fellow, B.A. 1831,
M.A. 1834; R. of Orton Waterville, Hunts. 1 May 1837 to death;
as senior regent of Cambridge presented a congratulatory address
to the queen on her accession June 1837; a strong supporter of
Church missionary society, had a mangle, a threshing floor and
a flower stall in Peterborough market, the profits of which went
to the missionary fund. _d._ Orton Waterville, Dec. 1892.
MILLS, JOHN REMINGTON. _b._ London 15 Jany. 1798; a silk
manufacturer to 1840 when he retired; contested Leeds 28 March
and 5 June 1857; contested Finsbury 17 Dec. 1861; M.P. Wycombe
1862–8; contested Wycombe 17 Nov. 1868; F.R.G.S. _d._ Kingswood
lodge near Tunbridge Wells 22 Nov. 1879, personalty sworn under
£1,200,000, 27 Dec. 1879.
MILLS, PAIXFIELD or PAITFIELD. _b._ 1817; solicitor general of
Nevis 9 Dec. 1847, chief justice of Nevis 1852 or 1853. _d._ of
cholera at Nevis 1 Jany. 1854.
MILLS, RICHARD (youngest son of Thomas Mills, V. of Hillingdon,
Middlesex). _b._ Hillingdon 1785; one of the sworn clerks of
court of chancery to 1842; a taxing master in court of chancery
1842–71. _d._ the Moat, Eltham, Kent 21 April 1880. _Law Times_,
_lxix_ 16 (1880).
MILLS, RICHARD. _b._ Pump farm near Benenden, Kent 16 Feb.
1798; first played at Lord’s in Kent _v._ M.C.C. 2 July 1827;
left handed batsman and bowler; played in the great matches at
Lord’s for many seasons and was one of best players of his day;
with Wenman beat an eleven at double wicket without having any
fieldsmen; a match Kent _v._ Yorkshire given for his benefit at
Cranbrook 1862; a farmer and hop grower at Hawkhurst, Kent 1862.
_Lillywhite’s Cricket scores_, _ii_ 17 (1862).
MILLS, RICHARD HORNER. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1838,
M.A. 1841; professor of political economy in Queen’s college,
Cork 1849 to death; author of The principles of currency and
banking, being five lectures delivered in Queen’s college, Cork