Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon (13 October 1891 – 5 December 1952), styled The Honourable Arthur Mills between 1898 and 1919, was a British Conservative politician.
Mills was the second son of Charles Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon, and the Honourable Alice Marion Harbord, daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield.[1] He succeeded his elder brother Charles Thomas Mills as Member of Parliament for Uxbridge in 1915, a seat he held until 1918. In 1919 he entered the House of Lords on the death of his father.[2][3]
Lord Hillingdon married the Honourable Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan, daughter of Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, in 1916.[2] They had two sons and three daughters. Lady Hillingdon was chairman of the Central Women's Advisory Committee of the Conservative Party and was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1939.[4] She was godmother to her niece Sarah, eldest daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough.[5]
Lord Hillingdon died in December 1952, aged 61, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Charles. Lady Hillingdon died in June 1969, aged 73.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon". geni.com.
- ^ a b (Hesilrige 1921, p. 478)
- ^ "Hon. Arthur Mills (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk.
- ^ "The London Gazette publication". thegazette.co.uk. 31 December 1938. p. 10.
- ^ "Marchioness of Blandford's Infant Daughter Christened Today". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1915. p. 1044.
Book cited
edit- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 478.
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