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| Born | Arthur Mills 20 February 1816 Barford, Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 12 October 1898 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | M.P., barrister, magistrate, author |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | England Great Britain |
| Period | Victorian England |
| Subjects | 19th century Colonial politics and economics |
| Notable work(s) | Colonial Military Expenditure (E. Stanford: London, 1863); Colonial Constitutions (John Murray: London, 1856); India in 1858 (John Murray: London, 1858); Systematic Colonisation (John Murray: London, 1848) |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Lucy Dyke Acland (1821-1895) |
| Children | Revd Barton R. V. Mills, son (1857-1932) Col. Dudley Acland Mills, son (1859-1938) |
| Relative(s) | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet, father-in-law George Mills (writer), author, schoolmaster, and grandson Arthur F. H. Mills, novelist and grandson Lady Dorothy Mills, novelist, travel writer, and granddaughter-in-law |
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Arthur Mills (born 20 February 1816 in Barford, Warwickshire; died 12 October 1898) was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton [1852-53 and 1857-1865] and Exeter [1873-1880]. In his career, he was also a barrister, magistrate, and author in Cornwall and London. His travels to the 19th century British colonies and his studies of their finances and systems of governance made him an expert in the field.
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Two of his publications, India in 1858 [1858] and Systematic Colonisations (now spelled 'Colonizations') [1848] are still in print, the former still being the definitive work on the costs and conditions of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The manuscript for India in 1858 was proofed by his friend John Stuart Mill.[1]
Mills was the first surviving son of Revd Francis Mills and Lady Catherine Mordaunt. He was educated at Rugby School under Dr. Thomas Arnold. He attended Balliol College in 1835 and earned an M.A. from Oxford in 1838. He became a barrister when he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London, in 1842.[2]
Arthur Mills married Lady Agnes Lucy Dyke Acland, daughter of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet of Killerton, Devon, and Lydia Elizabeth Hoare on 3 August 1848. They had two sons, Revd Barton R. V. Mills and Col. Dudley Acland Mills of the Corps of Royal Engineers.[3]
Grandchildren of Arthur Mills included children's book author and schoolmaster George Mills,[4] crime and adventure novelist Arthur F. H. Mills,[5] and Arthur Hobart Mills' wife, Lady Dorothy Mills, the renowned novelist, explorer, and travel writer.[6]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas Colebrooke, Bt Henry Labouchere |
Member of Parliament for Taunton 1852 – 1853 With: Henry Labouchere |
Succeeded by Sir John Ramsden Henry Labouchere |
| Preceded by Sir John Ramsden Henry Labouchere |
Member of Parliament for Taunton 1857 – 1865 With: Henry Labouchere to 1859 George Cavendish-Bentinck 1859–65 |
Succeeded by Alexander Charles Barclay Lord William Hay |
| Preceded by John Coleridge Edgar Alfred Bowring |
Member of Parliament for Exeter 1873 – 1880 With: Edgar Alfred Bowring John George Johnson |
Succeeded by Edward Johnson Henry Northcote |