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Henry Mills                                       1823-1893
Henry was born on 23 October 1823, the son of William Mills and Lucy Dewe, at Harrow, Middlesex.   He entered the East India Company Military Service on 20 October 1840, and became a Major General on 12 August 1876.   He served in the campaign of 1842 in Afghanistan, and was present in the various actions from Candahar to Pesharajpore, 29 December 1843, and the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah; and was also employed during the Indian Mutiny in 1857, in moving troops to the front.
Mary Anne Holroyd                          1829-1904
Mary was born on 8 August 1829, the daughter of George Chaplin Holroyd and Virginie Mottet De La Fontaine, at Exeter, Devonshire.
I have identified the following children.
  Virginie Lucy Born 15 May 1851   India Married Surgeon-Major William West Quinton, M.B.
Mary Anne Born 1 Dec 1852   India Died 11 Jun 1855
Ada Born 5 Nov 1856   India Died 5 Sep 1857
Henry Holroyd Born 20 Sep 1860   India Married Edith Annie Symonds
William Born 14 Sep 1862   India  
Catherine Born 26 Sep 1863   India Died same day
Agnes Born 12 Jan 1870   India  
Priscilla Born 27 Jan 1872   India Remained Single

Birth of Parents
Henry Mills b: 22 Oct 1823  c: 22 Apr 1824             St. Mary, Harrow, Middlesex
son of William Mills and Lucy Dewe

Mary Anne Holroyd b: 8 Aug 1829  c: 30 Oct 1829       St. Sidwell, Exeter, Devonshire
daughter of George Chaplin Holroyd and Virginie Mottet De La Fontaine
Marriage
Jun 1850
Henry Mills
Mary Anne Holroyd 		      1850 2Q Exeter 10 172

Children
Virginie Lucy Mills b: 15 May 1851               Rawalpindi, India
daughter of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd
Mary Anne Mills b: 1 Dec 1852               India
daughter of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd     Died 11 Jun 1855
Ada Mills b: 5 Nov 1856               India
daughter of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd     Died 5 Sep 1857
Henry Holroyd Mills b: 20 Sep 1860               India
son of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd
William Mills b: 14 Sep 1862               India
son of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd
Catherine Mills b: 26 Sep 1863               India
daughter of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd       Died same day
Agnes Mills b: 12 Jan 1870               Cawnpore, India
daughter of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd
Priscilla Mills b: 27 Jan 1872               Bareilly, India
daughter of Henry Mills and Mary Anne Holroyd       1960 1Q Newton Abbot 7a 532

1881 Census RG11-1357 4 April 1881 Harrow, Middlesex
The Briars, Waldon Road
Henry Mills
Mary Anne (Wife)
Henry H.
Agnes
Priscilla
Kate V. Martelli (Niece)(M)
Florence M.Holroyd (Niece) (s)
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 54
Age 51
Age 20
Age 11
Age 9
Age 29
Age 20 		Maj General Retired

Cambridge Student
Scholar
Scholar 		Harrow
Exeter
India
India
India
India
India 		Middlesex
Devon
(Brit Subject)
(Brit Subject)
(Brit Subject)
(Brit Subject)
(Brit Subject) 		abt 1823
8 Aug 1829
20 Sep 1860
12 Jan 1870
27 Jan 1872
abt 1851
abt 1860

1891 Census RG12-712 6 April 1891 Selling, Kent
Woodlands House
Henry Mills
Mary A. (Wife)
Agnes
Priscilla
William (Brother)
Lucy (Sister)
Plus 5 Servants 		Age 67
Age 61
Age 21
Age 19
Age 72
Age 73 		Retired Maj General



Civil Engineer 		Harrow
Exeter
East Indies
East Indies
Harrow
Harrow 		Middlesex
Devon


Middlesex
Middlesex 		abt 1823
8 Aug 1829
12 Jan 1870
27 Jan 1872
abt 1819
abt 1817

Death
Henry Mills Died 29 Apr 1893, Age 69,       1893 2Q Faversham 2a 487

LONDON   22 Jun 1893                         Probate
MILLS, Henry, 0f Woodlands Selling, Kent, retired major-general, Bengal Staff Corps, died 29 April 1893, Probate, London, 22 June to Mary Anne Mills, widow.   Effects £2,286 16s. 4d.

Priscilla Mills
Priscilla Mills

1901 Census RG13-2244 1 April 1901 Camborne, Cornwall
Vicarage, Treslothan Church
Henry H. Mills
Edith A. (Wife)
Mary A. (Mother)(W)
Priscilla (Sis)
Mary V. (Cousin)
Perry J. Woolcoele (Visitor)
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 40
Age 37
Age 71
Age 29
Age 36
Age 45 		Clergyman, C. of E.

Living on own means
Living on own means
Living on own means
Clergyman, C. of E.

Exeter

St. Erth 		India
India
Devon
India
Cornwall
India 		20 Sep 1860
abt 1864
8 Aug 1829
27 Jan 1872
abt 1864
abt 1855

Death
Mary Anne (Holroyd) Mills Died 25 May 1904, Age 74,       1904 2Q Redruth 5c 136

LONDON   6 Oct 1904                         Probate
MILLS, Mary Anne, of Treslothan-vicarage, Camborne, Cornwall, widow, who died 25 May 1904, Probate, London, 6 October, to the reverend Henry Holroyd Mills, clerk, William Holroyd Mills, major in the Royal Artillery, and Priscilla Mills, spinster.   Effects £23,335 6s. 4d.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Penny Graham, of England, for inspiring the research of this family, and for many of the details provided.
SPECIAL THANKS  to Jacqui Mills, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, for the photo of Priscilla Mills.