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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. He was educated at Rugby School under Dr. Thomas Arnold. He attended Balliol College in 1835〔 and earned an M.A. from Oxford in 1838. 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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Until the Peacock Led Him In )〕 crime and adventure novelist Arthur F. H. Mills,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arthur Mills Bibliography )〕 and Arthur Hobart Mills' wife, Lady Dorothy Mills, the renowned novelist, explorer, and travel writer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Lady Dorothy's latest journey: San Jose, California, to Ocala, Florida )〕 From 1873 to 1885 Mills was a member of the London School Board representing Marylebone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Mills (MP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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