John Mills (Hampshire cricketer)

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John Mills (11 August 1789 – 18 February 1871)[1] was a British soldier, politician and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1820.

John Mills
Member of Parliament for Rochester
In office
1831–1835
Serving with Ralph Bernal
Preceded byRalph Bernal
Lord Villiers
Succeeded byRalph Bernal
Thomas Twisden Hodges
Personal details
Born(1789-08-11)11 August 1789
Died18 February 1871(1871-02-18) (aged 81)
Spouse
Sarah Charlotte Micklethwait
(m. 1835; died 1869)
RelationsSir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet (brother)
Charles Mills (uncle)
Charles Mills, 1st Baron Hillingdon (nephew)
Parent(s)William Mills
Elizabeth Digby
EducationHarrow School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Early life

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He was the eldest son of William Mills, a director of the Honourable East India Company, and the elder brother of Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet.[2]

Mills was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating on 22 October 1807.[2]

Career

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He was commissioned an ensign in the Coldstream Guards on 27 December 1809.[3] Mainly associated with Hampshire, he made 9 known appearances in first-class matches.[4] He played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series. Mills served with the regiment during the Peninsular War and in Holland. He was promoted lieutenant and captain on 10 January 1814.[5]

Mills was later appointed a verderer of the New Forest. He was elected as a Tory (and later Conservative) Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester at the 1831 general election[6] having contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1830.[6] He was re-elected in 1832, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1835 general election.[7] He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1839, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant in 1846.[8]

Personal life

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On 28 July 1835, Mills married Sarah Charlotte Micklethwait (1813–1869), a daughter of Nathaniel Micklethwait and Lady Charlotte Marianne Harriet Rous (daughter of the 1st Earl of Stradbroke). Together, they were the parents of:[9]

  • John Mills (1836–1899), who married Louisa Frances Entwisle, daughter of Thomas Entwisle, in 1868.[9]
  • Cecil Mills (1839–1908), a Reverend who married Anne Henrietta Frances Nicolls, daughter of Francis H. G. Nicolls, in 1874.[9]
  • Francis Nathaniel Mills (1845–1848), who died young.[9]

He died in 1871 at his estate of Bisterne.[2]

Descendants

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Through his second son, he was a grandfather of John Mills, MP for New Forest and Christchurch.[10]

Further reading

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  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744–1870), Lillywhite, 1862–72

References

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  2. ^ a b c Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography v. 2. Netherton & Worth. p. 890.
  3. ^ "No. 16326". The London Gazette. 19 December 1809. p. 2022.
  4. ^ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.
  5. ^ "No. 16847". The London Gazette. 22 January 1814. p. 181.
  6. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 258. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  8. ^ "No. 20605". The London Gazette. 19 May 1846. p. 1836.
  9. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2234.
  10. ^ Cook, C.; Jones, P.; Sinclair, J.; Weeks, Jeffrey (20 April 1977). Sources in British Political History 1900–1951: Volume 4: A Guide to the Private Papers of Members of Parliament: L–Z. Springer. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-349-15762-4.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rochester
18311835
With: Ralph Bernal
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Andrew Robert Drummond
High Sheriff of Hampshire
1839
Succeeded by
John Meggott Elwes