James P. Mills
| James P. Mills | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1909 |
| Died | 1987 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Investment banker Philanthropist Thoroughbred owner Polo player |
| Spouse(s) | Alice du Pont Mills |
| Children | Mrs. William Abel-Smith Mrs. James Wyeth James P. Mills Jr. |
James P. Mills (1909–1987) was an American investment banker, throughbred owner, polo player and philanthropist.
James P. Mills was born in 1909 the son of Paul Denckla Mills (son of the late General Samuel Miles Mills, Commandant of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point) and Ellen Drexel Paul the granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel. He graduated from Yale University, where he was the captain of the polo team in 1931 and 1932.
He worked as an investment banker.
He owned Devil's Bag (1981–2005), Gone West (1984-2009), Believe It, Chumming and Akureyri. Additionally, he was a member of The Jockey Club, the National Steeplechase Association and the Virginia Equine Hall of Fame.
He was also an eight-goal polo player from the age of twenty-five. He played at the Meadowbrook Polo Club in Nassau County, New York and at the Aiken Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina.
He won many championships. Both in 1929 and in 1933, he won the Silver Cup, also known as the Junior Championship Cup. In 1932, together with Elmer Boeseke (1895-1963), Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906-1982), Stewart Iglehart (1910-1993), Michael Grace Phipps (1910-1973), Joseph Cornelius Rathborne and William Post II, he competed in the Cup of the Americas in Palermo, Buenos Aires. The following year, in 1933, he won the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Seymour H. Knox II (1898-1990), Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr. (1909-1999), and Elmer Boeseke.
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