Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon (13 October 1891 – 5 December 1952), styled The Honourable Arthur Mills between 1898 and 1919, was a British

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politician. Mills was the second son of Charles Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon, and the Honourable Alice Marion Harbord, daughter of

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. He succeeded his elder brother Charles Thomas Mills as Member of Parliament for

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in 1915, a seat he held until 1918. In 1919 he entered the

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on the death of his father. Lord Hillingdon married the Honourable Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan, daughter of

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, in 1916. They had two sons and three daughters. Lady Hillingdon was chairman of the Central Women's Advisory Committee of the Conservative Party and was made a Dame Commander of the

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in 1939. She was godmother to her niece Sarah, eldest daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough. Lord Hillingdon died in December 1952, aged 61, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Charles. Lady Hillingdon died in June 1969, aged 73.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillingdon, Arthur Mills, 3rd Baron 1891 births 1952 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from London UK MPs 1910–1918 Hillingdon, B3