About Charles Mills
Lived 1755 – 1826 (aged 70). Charles Mills was a British banker and politician.
Charles Mills (13 July 1755 – 29 January 1826) was a British Member of Parliament and a Director of the East India Company.
He was the second son of the Revd. John Mills, rector of Barford and Oxhill, Warwickshire and educated at Rugby. He was a partner in the private bank Glyn's and from 1785 to 1815 was also a director of the East India Company, before becoming deputy chairman. In 1858, he was one of the EIC directors appointed to the Council of India.
Mills was elected MP for Warwick from 1802 to 1826.
He married his sister-in-law Jane, the daughter of the Hon. Wriothesley Digby of Meriden, Warwickshire. He had no children and was succeeded by his nephews.
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Who was Charles Mills?
British politician and East India Company director
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Charles Mills was born on 13 July 1755.
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Charles Mills died on 29 January 1826.
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Charles Mills was a banker and politician.
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Charles Mills was British.
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