Education
Queen"s University Belfast.
Queen"s University Belfast.
The son of Doctor V.J.S. Mills, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, RM, Mills was educated at Campbell College, Belfast and Queen"s University, Belfast. A solicitor by profession, Mills was elected as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament for Belfast North in the 1959 United Kingdom general election. He held his seat in subsequent elections, but in 1972 he refused to join the other UUP MPs in resigning the Conservative Party whip.
He instead resigned from the UUP, describing himself as an independent Unionist and Conservative Member of Parliament. In 1973, Mills joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
He retired from the House in 1974.
In August 1969, at the outset of The Troubles, Mills travelled with Robin Bailie to the United States to counter the fund raising efforts of Bernadette Devlin and to espouse the Unionist point of view for an American audience.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament. 44th United Kingdom Parliament.
45th United Kingdom Parliament]
He lives in Malone Park, was partner in a solicitors firm, and currently serves on Northern Ireland"s Historic Buildings Council, and is a member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and the Irish Georgian Society.