Showing 21189 results

MILLS, EDWARD CYRIL, son of Rev. Thomas Mills, Coval Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, and Helena, eldest dau. of Edward J. P. Whitford, National Debt Office; b. 3 Sep 1856; adm. 24 Sep 1868 (James'); left Dec 1869; Lieut., West Yorkshire Regt., 29 Nov 1876; Adjt., 27 Jan 1880 – 2 Dec 1884; Capt., 11 Nov 1882; Maj., 6 May 1892; half-pay 7 Nov 1902; served in Bechuanaland 1884-5. [unm, 1881 Census]

Mills, David Richard Poyser, son of Gerald Edgell Mills (qv); b. 1 Mar. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (G); left July 1926; asst master Chafyn Grove Sch. Salisbury 1933; PO RAF (SR) Dec. 1931, transf. RAFO May 1936, A & SD Aug. 1939, Wing Cdr May 1942; despatches June 1942 and Jan. 1943, OBE Sept. 1943, US Legion of Merit Aug. 1944; d. 1 July 1952.

Mills, Cecil Yarnton, son of Granville Mills, civil engineer, of Enfield, Middx, and Cordelia, d. of Norris Matthew Roberts of Cheltenham; b. 6 June 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (H); left Apr. 1929; a chartered accountant, ACA 1935; 15/19 Hussars 1941-7 (Maj.); Colonial Devel. Corpn 1948- 51; Law Debenture Corpn 1951-7 5; dir. Australian Estates 1957-7 5; m. Oct. 1950 Olivia Pamela Beaujolais, d. of Oliver Hope of Alresford, Hants.; d. 8 Dec. 2005.

MILLS, ANDREW MOFFATT, son of Sir Thomas Mills, Kt, Town Major of Quebec, and Elizabeth (IGI), dau. of Andrew Moffatt; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 29 Sep 1775 (IGI); adm. 17 Jan 1785; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 29 May 1793; Lieut., 18 Apr 1794; Capt. -Lieut., 29th Light Dragoons 1 Sep 1795; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards 6 May 1796; retd. 29 Sep 1796; m. Penelope ---; d. 4 Jan 1847, aged 71.

MILLS, ---; b.; in school list 1747.

MILLINGTON, SIR THOMAS, son of Thomas Millington, Newbury, Berks., and Mary, widow of Richard Bettesworth, Sussex, and dau. of Henry Lucas, Froyle, Hampshire; b. 1628; adm.; Min. Can. 1642; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 31 May 1645, scholar 1646, matr. Easter 1646; BA 1648/9; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1649; MA 30 May 1651 (incorp. Oxford 1657); MB and MD 1659; FRCP 1672, Censor 1678, Harveian Orator 1679, Treasurer 1686-9, President from 1696; Sedleian Prof. of Natural Philosophy, Oxford Univ., from 1675; knighted 6 Mar 1679/80; Physician to William III and Queen Anne from 26 Apr 1691; figues as “Machaon” in Garth’s Dispensary; the alleged discoverer of sexuality in plants; an original Busby Trustee; lic. to m. 23 Feb 1679/80 Anne Hannah, widow of Maj. John King, and dau. of Sir William Russell, Strensham, Worcs.; d. 5 Jan 1703/4. DNB.

MILLINGTON, EDWARD; b.; adm.; BB in 1699 (Chapter Muniments 33731).

MILLINGTON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114). [Possibly a younger brother of Sir Thomas Millington, (qv)].

MILLINGEN, MICHAEL ROBERT VAN, eldest son of Michael Van Millingen, Queen’s Square, Westminster, Dutch merchant, and Elizabeth Westflaten Coole, dau. of ---, Governor of Batavia; b. 17 Jul 1765; adm. 5 Oct 1774; d. 21 Dec 1778. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

MILLINGEN, JAMES VAN, brother of Michael Robert Van Millingen (qv); b. 18 Jan 1774; adm. 9 Oct 1783; a clerk in the banking house of M. van de Nyver in Paris; subsequentl; y employee of Paris Mint; arrested as a British subject by decree of National Convention 1792; confined first in prison of Madelonettes, then in that of the Luxembourg and finally in the Collège des Ecossais; released Jul 1794; partner in banking house of Sir Robert Smith & Co., Paris; resided for many years in Italy, where he purchased coins and antiquities which he sold to the great museums of Europe; was generally known as James Millingen rather than James Van Millingen; author, Recueil de quelques Médailles Grecques inédites, 1812, and of other works on coins, medals, vases, etc.; m. Elizabeth Penny, dau. of Christopher White, Calais, France; d. at Florence 1 Oct 1845. DNB.