Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet
- Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet (23 January 1792 – 4 October 1872) was a British banker and member of the Council of India.
Born at Popes, Hatfield, he was the third son of William Mills, a director of the Honourable East India Company, and the younger brother of John Mills.[cite book | title=Modern English Biography v. 2 | first=Frederic | last=Boase | publisher=Netherton & Worth | year=1897 | page=890 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_IVmAAAAMAAJ | accessdate=2008-10-04] ]Like his father, he was connected with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills and Company, in conjunction with Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet and later his son Lord Wolverton and grandson George Grenfell Glyn.[cite journal | title=Banking Obituary | journal=The Bankers' magazine and journal of the money market | publisher=Richard Groombridge | year=1872 | pages=972–973 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=j5EEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA972 | accessdate=2008-10-04] ]On 28 August 1822, he was appointed a director of the East India Company, retaining the post until 1858.
In 1825, he married Emily Cox, daughter of the banker Richard Henry Cox, of Hillingdon House, Middlesex. Their son Charles Henry followed his father into banking and was later raised to the Peerage as Baron Hillingdon. He died in 1872 at Hillingdon, having acquired a large estate there.
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