Background
In 1878, he inherited the baronetcy of Leigh Court, Somerset, from his father William, who had previously been Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset.
In 1878, he inherited the baronetcy of Leigh Court, Somerset, from his father William, who had previously been Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset.
Trinity College.
Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he then served in the 17th Lancers. He was a sheriff of Bristol in 1853 and partner in the family"s bank, Miles & Company from 1852 to 1854. He supported an amendment to the Representation of the People Acting 1884 and the Franchise Bill debated earlier that year, that would have allowed votes for women who were householders on equal terms with mentor
The vote was defeated and women finally received the vote in the United Kingdom in 1918.
She attracted a number of admirers including Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland who scandalised society by leaving his 120foot yacht, Lufra, to her in his will. They had the following children:
Alice Catherine Miles (1850–1926) who married firstly in 1870 George Duppa, Justice of the Peace (1818–1888) and secondly in 1889 Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Vivian Ames, 1st The Royal Dragoons (1853–1899) having six children between the two marriages.
William John Miles (1852–1859). Violet Bessie Miles (1867–1883).
Sir Cecil Miles, 3rd Baronet (1873–1898) who married Minnie Spire in 1896 but had no children, his widow subsequently remarried Frederick Hilton Gibbes in 1904.
His widow subsequently remarried an American from Street Louis, Missouri, Doctor John Nicholls, in 1904 and they lived at Maidenhead, Berkshire and she died in 1908.
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He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for East Somerset from 1878 to 1885.