Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet (23 January 1792 – 4 October 1872) was a British banker and member of the Council of India.

Early life

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Born at Popes, Hatfield, he was the third son of William Mills, a director of the Honourable East India Company, and the younger brother of John Mills. [1]

Career

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Like his father, he was connected with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills and Company, in conjunction with Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet and later his son Lord Wolverton and grandson George Grenfell Glyn.[2]

On 28 August 1822, he was appointed a director of the East India Company, retaining the post until 1858.[1] Upon the liquidation of the company by the Government of India Act 1858, he was appointed to the Council of India, acting as a financial adviser to the Secretary of State for India until resigning in 1868. He was created a baronet, of Hillingdon Court, Middlesex, on 17 November 1868,[3] for his services on the council.[2]

Personal life

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In 1825, he married Emily Cox, daughter of the banker Richard Henry Cox, of Hillingdon House, Middlesex. Sir Charles had Hillingdon Court built nearby to serve as the Mills family home.[4] Their son Charles Henry followed his father into banking and was later raised to the Peerage as Baron Hillingdon.[2]

He died in 1872 at Hillingdon Court, having acquired a large estate there.

Arms

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Coat of arms of Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet
 
Crest
A demi-lion reguardant Or gorged with a collar gemel Azure between the paws a millrind Sable.
Escutcheon
Gyronny of eight Argent and Azure a millrind Sable.
Motto
Nil Conscire Sibi[5]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography v. 2. Netherton & Worth. p. 890. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Banking Obituary". The Bankers' Magazine and Journal of the Money Market. Richard Groombridge: 972–973. 1872. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
  3. ^ "No. 23439". The London Gazette. 10 November 1868. p. 5812.
  4. ^ Pearce 2007, p.44
  5. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1915. p. 1044.
Bibliography
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Hillingdon)
1868–1872
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