John Remington Mills

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John Remington Mills, portrait exhibited 1874

John Remington Mills (1798 – 22 November 1879)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe from 1862 to 1868.[1] His relative, Elizabeth Mills, composed the popular Sunday-school hymn 'We speak of the realms of the blest' shortly before her death in 1829.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  2. Miller, Josiah (1869). Singers and Songs of the Church: Being Biographical Sketches of the Hymn-writers in All the Principal Collections : with Notes on Their Psalms and Hymns. Longmans, Green.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wycombe
18621868
With: Martin Tucker Smith to 1865
Hon. Charles Carrington from 1865
Succeeded by