Taverner John Miller

Taverner John Miller (1804 – 27 March 1867)[1][2] was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician.

He was the owner of a whaling business based in Westminster, London and held a seat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1853, and from 1857 to 1867.

Miller lived at 1 Millbank, London and was a "ship-owner and sperm-oil refiner and merchant".

[3] He ran a 'Sperm Oil merchants and Spermaceti refiners' business called 'Messr T J Miller & Son' from Dorset Wharf, on the site of the current Victoria Tower Gardens by the Houses of Parliament[4] and exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851.

[12] Their father, Charles Taverner Miller (1773–1830) was a wax chandler from Middlesex who has a patent (5896) in his name for an improved method of making candles in 1830[13] His whaling business was continued by his son, George Taverner Miller (1839–1917) until Dorset Wharf was compulsorily purchased for £68,000 (£9.24 million as of 2025[14]) in 1906 by London County Council to extend Victoria Tower Gardens.