Sir John Barker-Mill, 1st Baronet (4 December 1803 – 20 February 1860) was an English

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er. Born John Barker in 1803, in accordance to the last will and testament of his maternal uncle Sir Charles Mill, 10th Baronet, he took the additional name of Mill by Royal Licence on 8 May 1835. The Reverend John Barker-Mill was created a

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'of

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in the

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' on 16 March 1836. In 1842 three local gentlemen,

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, Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst and Barker-Mill himself, financed the development of the

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. Barker-Mill made a single first-class appearance for

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against the

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in 1842. In his only first-class match Mill was absent hurt in both of Hampshire's innings. In 1845, Barker-Mill as the owner of the winner of the Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall races was presented with a silver vase made by silversmith

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(1785-1865) as commissioned by

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. The vase, known as "Her Majesty's Vase", was rediscovered by the family in 2022. Barker-Mill died at

Mottisfont Abbey Mottisfont Abbey is a historical priory and country estate in Hampshire, England. Sheltered in the valley of the River Test, the property is now operated by the National Trust. 393,250 people visited the site in 2019. The site includes the histo ...

, Hampshire on 20 February 1860.

Marriage

Rev. John Barker married Jane (c. 1798–1884) daughter of Col. William Swinburne on 14 August 1828 at Keynsham, Somerset. They had no issue. Lady Jane Barker-Mill died aged 85 at

, Hampshire on 2 January 1884.

References

External links

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