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Arthur Mills (MP)

British politician

Field	Value
name	Arthur Mills
image	Arthur_mills_npg.jpg
caption	Stipple engraving by William Holl, Jr., 1863
birth_name	Arthur Mills
birth_date
birth_place	Barford, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
death_date
death_place	United Kingdom
occupation	M.P., barrister, magistrate, author
nationality	British
citizenship

period	Victorian England
subject	19th century Colonial politics and economics
notableworks	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	Agnes Lucy Dyke Acland (1821-1895)
children	Revd Barton R. V. Mills, son (1857-1932)
Col. Dudley Acland Mills, son (1859-1938)
relatives	Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet, father-in-law
John Acland (brother-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
website

Col. Dudley Acland Mills, son (1859-1938) John Acland (brother-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

Arthur Mills (20 February 1816 – 12 October 1898) was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP). 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.

Family

Mills was born in Barford, Warwickshire in 1816. He was the first surviving son (the second son born) of Revd Francis Mills and Lady Catherine Mordaunt.{{cite book

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.

Grandchildren of Arthur Mills included children's book author and schoolmaster George Mills, crime and adventure novelist Arthur F. H. Mills, and Arthur Hobart Mills' wife, Lady Dorothy Mills, the renowned novelist, explorer, and travel writer. From 1873 to 1885 Mills was a member of the London School Board representing Marylebone.

Career

Mills became a barrister when he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London, in 1842. He joined the Canterbury Association on 25 October 1849. He was an MP for Taunton (1852–1853 and 1857–1865) and Exeter (1873–1880).

Notable publications

Two of his publications, India in 1858 (1858) and Systematic Colonization (1847) 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. In Systematic Colonization, Mills advocates a colonial policy based on seeking to "protect the moral and political health" of colonies in the British Empire. However, his policy of systematic colonization was primarily intended to benefit white British settlers; he stated that "the extermination of native races by force or fraud may be a necessary precedent condition of the civilization of the countries they inhabit".

Death

He died on 12 October 1898 at Efford Down, Budehaven, Cornwall.

References

"The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal". Heritage Books: Bowie, Maryland.
"Until the Peacock Led Him In". Who Is George Mills?.
"Arthur Mills Bibliography". Classic Crime Fiction.
"Lady Dorothy's latest journey: San Jose, California, to Ocala, Florida". Who Is George Mills?.
(1 December 1873). "The London School Board Elections". Daily News.
Mills, Arthur. (1858). "India in 1858". John Murray.
Mills, Arthur. (1847). "Systematic Colonization". John Murray.
"The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XV, The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873". Online Library of Liberty.

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