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Mills, Richard Oswald, son of Sir Richard Mills, K.C.B., of Oxted, Surrey, by Alice Caroline, daughter of Sir William George Anderson, K.C.B., of Forest Hill, Kent; b. Feb. 7, 1870; adm. April 1884 (G); left April 1889; a clerk, Secretary's Dept., Bank of England, and some­ time asst. secretary; m. 1st June 27, 1899, Janet Lavinia, daughter of Edward Burne, of Syden­ham, Kent; 2nd April 27, 1910, Dorothy Mary, daughter of Thomas Elsey Bland, of Maldon, Essex; d. March 6, 1932.

MILLS, PETER MATTHEW, only son of Matthew Mills, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Cornelia, elder dau. of Col. Peter Soulegre, St. Kitts; b. 23 Mar 1743; at school under Markham (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll. , ii, 271); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 23 Oct 1760, resided to Dec 1761; of St. Kitts, West Indies; m. 1762 Catherine, dau. of Dr. William Hamilton; d. 15 Dec 1791.

Mills, Michael Haslam, son of William Haslam Mills, barrister-at-law, and his second wife Doris Hague, d. of Alfred Phillips of Manchester; b. 13 May 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left July 1936; RNVR in WW2 (Lieut.), liaison officer with Free French Navy; joined BBC 1938, returned 1945; head of Comedy 1967-72, responsible for TV production of Dad's Army, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The World of Wooster, Misleading Cases, Up Pompeii; m. 1974 Valerie Leon, actress; d. 7 Jan. 1988.

MILLS, MARKHAM, sixth son of Henry Forster Mills (qv); b. 10 Jul 1813; adm. 30 Jun 1826 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1831; BA 1836; MA 1839; ordained deacon 16 Oct 1836, priest 15 Oct 1837 (both Bath and Wells); Curate, Sonning, Berks., subseqently Yardley Hastings, Northants 1847-50; signed Play Protest 1847; m. 15 Dec 1841 Elizabeth Matilda, second dau. of Charles Crooke, Westwood House, near Colchester, Essex; d. at Boulogne sur Mer, France 2 Jul 1855.

MILLS, JOHN EDWARD, only son of John Mills, Parliament Street, Westminster; b.; adm. 10 Feb 1806; left 1811; d. at Madeira 11 Oct 1818, aged 22.

MILLS, HUGH; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1721; in under school list 1723; an attorney, New Inn; m. 8 Jan 1732/3 Conway Smith, Mortlake, Surrey. [Wife presumably dau. . of Trafford Smith (or Smyth)]. [note however Hugh Mills, attorney, d. 28 Apr 1729, will proved PCC 28 Apr 1729, as of New Inn, Middlesex]

MILLS, HENRY FORSTER, eldest son of Henry Mills, Willington, Brancepeth, co. Durham, and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Fenwick (qv); b. 5 Sep 1768; adm. 22 Feb 1776; KS (aged 13) 1782; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1786, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1786, scholar 1787; BA 1790; MA 1793; ordained deacon 1793 (Exeter, lit. dim. from York), priest 22 Sep 1793 (York); Curate, Barton in Farbis, Notts., 1793; Perpetual Curate, Castle Eden, co. Durham Feb 1795; Prebendary of York 7 Feb 1795 – May 1797, Precentor 25 May 1797 – May 1802, Chancellor from 27 May 1802; Rector of Barton in Fabis, Notts., 1796-1804 (?); Rector of Gawsworth, Cheshire, from 1803; Rector of Elmley, Yorks., from 1804; m. 27 Nov 1794 Alicia Harriet, third dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); d. 27 Apr 1827.

Mills, Gerald Edgell, brother of Richard Oswald Mills (q.v.); b. Oct. 18, 1871; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (G); left July 1890; Colonial Audit Branch, Exchequer and Audit Dept., 1890; Management and Administration Dept. Royal Courts of Justice 1895; chief clerk 1921; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1903; joined the R.N.V.R. Anti-Aircraft Corps as an A.B. Oct. 1914, was gazetted Sub-Lieut. June 3, 1915, and became Second in Command of the Corps March 1, 1918; demob. Feb. 8, 1919; mentioned in despatches; O.B.E. June 27, 1919; originated special barrage scheme which was used for the defence of London; edited the A.A.C. Journal, and was joint author of several legal works; a chief clerk in the Management and Administration Dept., Royal Courts of Justice; m. June 6, 1900, Ina Frances, daughter of Arthur Horatio Poyser, K.C., of Sydenham, Kent; d. July 12, 1952.

MILLS, GEORGE; b.; adm. 6 Feb 1775. [Perhaps George Galway Mills, son of Peter Matthew Mills (qv); b. 22 Oct 1765; MP Wallingford 8 Feb 1804-6, Mitchell 1807 – Jan 1808, Winchelsea 1818-20; d. 14 Feb 1828].

Mills, Francis Richard, son of William Mills, of Kensington, by Fanny, daughter of Richard Slaughter, of Chelsea; b. March 20, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left July 1898; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 25, 1898); B.A. 1901; LL. B. 1901; M.A. 1905; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1904; enlisted in 21st Batt. Royal Fusiliers Oct. 19, 1914; Lieut. 13th Batt. Royal Fusiliers May 22, 1918; served in France and was wounded at Cambrin Jan 15, 1916; m. Nov. 18, 1918, Florence Edith, daughter of Thomas Hall, of Ashton-under-Lyne; d. 25 Jan. 1968.