2-982-248 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mr. Arthur Mills, M.P. for Taunton, 1858. '...the moderate Conservative M.P. for Taunton, is a son of the Rev. F. Mills, of Barford, Warwickshire. He has just completed his forty-second year, and is married to a daughter of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., who for many years represented North Devon, until his retirement at the last general election. He was a pupil of the late Dr. Arnold at Rugby, and took his degree of B.A. at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1838, gaining classical honours. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in April, 1842. He was unsuccessful in 1847 in his first contest for the borough; was elected in 1852, but unseated shortly afterwards on petition. He gained his election in March last year, against the Hon. W. F. Campbell...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.