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.[1] 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.[2]
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.
References
- ↑ Youssef Cassis (2004). "Mills family (per. 1773–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48006. Retrieved 5 August 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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- "MILLS, Charles (1755–1826), of 12 Mansfield Street, Marylebone, Mdx. and Barford, Warws". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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