George John Milles, 4th Baron Sondes (20 January 1794 – 17 December 1874), styled Hon. George Watson until 1820 and Hon. George Milles from 1820 to 1836, was an English peer. George was the second son of Lewis Watson, 2nd Baron Sondes, and his wife Mary Milles. On 17 October 1811, he matriculated at

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. He purchased a

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cy in the

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on 15 December 1812. He purchased a lieutenancy on 24 March 1814, and fought at the

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. He retired from the army in May 1816. George changed his surname to Milles, that of his mother's family, on 27 December 1820, in accordance with the will of his grandfather Richard Milles. He inherited Milles' estate at

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in Norfolk. He married Eleanor Knatchbull, 5th daughter of

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. He was commissioned a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry on 27 June 1826. In 1830, he served as

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. On 31 March 1831, he was promoted to major in the Norfolk Yeomanry. He succeeded his brother in the peerage on 14 March 1836. On 20 September 1836, he was commissioned a captain in the East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, and resigned his commission in the Norfolk Yeomanry in April 1838. He was present to give homage in person at the coronation of

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in June 1838. Sondes was a shareholder in the

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Public Rooms Company, which was wound up in 1871. He died on 17 December 1874 and was succeeded by his eldest son

George Milles, 1st Earl Sondes George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes (2 October 1824 – 10 September 1894), was a British peer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Sondes was the son of George Milles, 4th Baron Sondes, by his wife Eleanor Knatchbull, 5th daug ...

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