Arthur_Mills,_3rd_Baron_Hillingdon

Arthur Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon

Arthur Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon

British Conservative politician

Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon (13 October 1891 – 5 December 1952), styled The Honourable Arthur Mills between 1898 and 1919, was a British Conservative politician.

Mills was the second son of Charles Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon, and the Honourable Alice Marion Harbord, daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield.[1] He succeeded his elder brother Charles Thomas Mills as Member of Parliament for Uxbridge in 1915, a seat he held until 1918. In 1919 he entered the House of Lords on the death of his father.[2][3]

Lord Hillingdon married the Honourable Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan, daughter of Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, in 1916.[2] They had two sons and three daughters. Lady Hillingdon was chairman of the Central Women's Advisory Committee of the Conservative Party and was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1939.[4] She was godmother to her niece Sarah, eldest daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough.[5]

Lord Hillingdon died in December 1952, aged 61, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Charles. Lady Hillingdon died in June 1969, aged 73.[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Arthur Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon
Crest
A demi-lion reguardant Or gorged with a collar gemel Azure between the paws a millrind Sable.
Escutcheon
Gyronny of eight Argent and Azure a millrind Sable.
Supporters
On either side a lion reguardant Or gorged with a collar gemel Azure charged on the shoulder with a cross flory Sable.
Motto
Nil Conscire Sibi[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon". geni.com.
  2. [2]
    (Hesilrige 1921, p. 478)
  3. [3]
    "Hon. Arthur Mills (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk.
  4. [4]
    "The London Gazette publication". thegazette.co.uk. 31 December 1938. p. 10.
  5. [5]
    "Marchioness of Blandford's Infant Daughter Christened Today". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. [6]
    Burke's Peerage. 1915. p. 1044.

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