Background
Mills was born in Barford, Warwickshire in 1816.
Mills was born in Barford, Warwickshire in 1816.
He was educated at Rugby School under Doctor Thomas Arnold. He attended Balliol College in 1835 and earned an Master of Arts
In his career, he was also a barrister, magistrate, and author in Cornwall and London. His travels to the 19th century British colonies and his studies of their finances and systems of governance made him an expert in the field He was the first surviving son (the second son born) of Revd Francis Mills and Lady Catherine Mordaunt. from Oxford in 1838.
Arthur Mills married Lady Agnes Lucy Dyke Acland, daughter of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet of Killerton, Devon, and Lydia Elizabeth Hoare on 3 August 1848.
They had two sons, Revd Barton R. V. Mills and Colonel Dudley Acland Mills of the Corps of Royal Engineers.
Grandchildren of Arthur Mills included children"s book author and schoolmaster George Mills, crime and adventure novelist Arthur F. H. Mills, and Arthur Hobart Mills" wife, Lady Dorothy Mills, the renowned novelist, explorer, and travel writer Mills became a barrister when he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London, in 1842.
He joined the Canterbury Association on 25 October 1849.
He was an Member of Parliament for Taunton (1852–1853 and 1857–1865) and Exeter (1873–1880). He died on 12 October 1898 at Efford Down Budehaven Devon.
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament.
20th United Kingdom Parliament.
21st United Kingdom Parliament]
From 1873 to 1885 Mills was a member of the London School Board representing Marylebone.