Baron Hillingdon

Baron Hillingdon, of Hillingdon in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by the Mills family. This family descended from Charles Mills, a Director of the Honourable East India Company and a member of the Council of India. On 17 November 1868 he was created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1]

Charles Thomas Mills, eldest son of the second Baron.

He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baronet. He was a banker and Conservative politician. On 15 February 1886 he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Hillingdon, of Hillingdon in the County of Middlesex.[2]

When he died the titles passed to his eldest son, the second Baron. He was also a banker and Conservative politician. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Uxbridge.

When he died the titles passed to his son, the fourth Baron, Charles Hedworth Mills, who died on 6 May 1978,[3][4] The title then passed to his eldest son, the fifth Baron, Charles James Mills who died the same year. The title then passed to the third Baron's first cousin, Patrick Charles Mills, son of Geoffrey Edward Mills, sixth son of the first baron.[5] He died in 1982 [6] and the titles became extinct.

The Mills family part-owned the London bank Glyn, Mills & Co.[7] and held close business relationships with the Rothschild family.

Hillingdon Court, built by Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet in 1858, served as the Mills family home until it was sold.

Mills Baronets, of Hillingdon Court (1868)

Barons Hillingdon (1886)

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23439. p. 5812. 10 November 1868.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25559. p. 744. 16 February 1886.
  3. ↑ "Deaths." Times [London, England] 8 May 1978: 32. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 17 July 2016
  4. ↑ "Lord Hillingdon." Times [London, England] 9 May 1978: 21. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 17 July 2016
  5. ↑ Burke's Peerage, 1939 edition, P 1302
  6. ↑ Gravestone Photographic Resource - Charles Henry Mills grave monument in St Peter and St Paul church burial ground, Seal, Kent, England
  7. ↑ Royal Bank of Scotland Heritage Hub - People - Charles William Mills

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