John Mills

Colonel Sir John Digby Mills (29 September 1879 – 2 July 1972) was a British Conservative Party politician and British Army officer. He served as Member of Parliament for New Forest and Christchurch from 1932 to 1945.

Early life Mills was born on 29 September 1879 to The Reverend Cecil Mills and Anne Henrietta Frances Mills, née Nicolls. He was educated at Charterhouse, then an all-boys public school in Surrey. He saw active service in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. In 1940, he was a group organiser for the Local Defence Volunteers. From 1943 to 1945, he was the Second Church Estates Commissioner, the link between the Church of England and the House of Commons.

Church career Mills was a Member of House of Laity between 1944 and 1960, and a Church Commissioner between 1948 and 1958.

Personal life On 16 June 1918, Mills married Carola Marshall Tuck (1889–1995) at the British Consulate-General in Alexandria, Egypt. Carola was the daughter of Somerville Pinkney Tuck and Emily Rosalie Snowden ( Marshall) Tuck and sister of diplomat Somerville Pinkney Tuck. Together they lived at Bisterne Manor in Ringwood, Hampshire and Taverham Hall in Norfolk, and had three sons, including:

Knighthood and death Mills was knighted in 1958 and died on 2 July 1972.