Charles Mills (historian)

Born on 29 July 1788 at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, he was youngest son of Samuel Gillam Mills, a surgeon.

A few months before his death he was elected one of the knights of the British Order of Saint John, in recognition of his History of the Crusades.

[2] Another friend was William Frederick Deacon, who dedicated his Innkeeper's Album (1823) to Mills.

1818), had been seen in manuscript by Sir John Malcolm, who supported its publication, and in the revision by loans from his own library.

1828), bears fewer signs of the influence of Gibbon, and was praised by Sir Walter Scott, who assisted him with notes from Scottish chronicles.

[1] In turn, Scott used Mills' History of the Crusades as a source when writing his historical novel, The Talisman.