Thomas Mills (MP)

Thomas Mills (1794 – 11 November 1862)[1][2] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.

Thomas Mills
Member of Parliament for Totnes
In office 8 July 1852 – 11 November 1862 Serving with George Hay (1855–1862) Edward Seymour (1852–1855)
Preceded by	Charles Barry Baldwin Edward Seymour
Succeeded by	John Pender George Hay
Personal details
Born	1794 Middlesex, England
Died	11 November 1862 (aged 67–68)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Whig
Parents	Samuel Mills Mary Wilson

Born in Middlesex, Mills was the eldest son of Samuel Mills and Mary née Wilson. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in Michaelmas in 1815, graduating with a BA in 1819 and an MA in 1822. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1816, and called to the Bar in 1832. After this, he was a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Bedfordshire and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.[2]

Mills was first elected Whig MP for Totnes at the 1852 general election and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until his death in 1862.[3]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (4 May 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "T"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. Venn, John; Venn, J. A., eds. (1951). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from The Earliest Times to 1900: Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900, Part 4: Kahlenberg-Oyler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-1-108-03614-6. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via Google Books.
3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Thomas Mills