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Born | Arthur Mills 20 February 1816 Barford, Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
Died | 12 October 1898 United Kingdom | (aged 82)
Occupation | M.P., barrister, magistrate, author |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | England Great Britain |
Period | Victorian England |
Subject | 19th century Colonial politics and economics |
Notable works | 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 |
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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.