Viscount Mills

Viscount Mills, of Kensington in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 22 August 1962 for the Conservative politician Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills. He had already been created a Baronet, of Alcester in the County of Warwick, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 July 1953,[2] and as Baron Mills, of Studley in the County of Warwick, on 22 January 1957, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1988.

Viscounts Mills (1962)

There is no heir to the peerages or the baronetcy.

Arms
Coat of arms of Viscount Mills
Coronet
A Coronet of a Viscount
Crest
A Bear's Gamb erased Or supporting a Flint-lock proper
Escutcheon
Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief two Millrinds of the last and in base a Balance Sable
Supporters
On either side a Lion Or collared and chained Azure pendant from the Collar an Escutcheon of the last charged with a Sun in Splendour Gold
Motto
Balance and Control

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References
  1. "No. 42765". The London Gazette. 24 August 1962. p. 6727.
  2. "No. 39911". The London Gazette. 14 July 1953. p. 3871.
  3. "No. 40981". The London Gazette. 22 January 1957. p. 502.
  4. Montgomery of Alamein, Viscount (UK, 1962) - website Cracroft's Peerage
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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