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THOMAS PITT
MILLER and ELLA MILLER (nee HUTTON) 1881
1901
1909
Mr
T.P.Miller elected captain of Grange Golf Club. [5] 1913 Grange-over-Sands Golf Club winners of 1913 competitions - Club foursomes: T.P.Miller and G.H.Hankinson. [6] 1914
Grange and a Volunteer Training Corps. On Wednesday night, in the
Victoria Hall, Mr R.E.Gedye … presided over a meeting of special constables to
consider proposals for forming a volunteer training corps … ask Council for
use of Victoria Hall for miniature rifle practice … Mr
T.P.Miller (brother of the late Captain E.C.Miller and Captain J.H.Miller)
said in his opinion there could be no question of the service of the miniature
range. The chief difference was in regard to the recoil of the rifle, and men
soon became accustomed to that … A committee was formed including T.P.Miller …[1] 1923
- 1928
Mr
T.Miller president of Grange and District Boy Scouts' Association. [7]
1925
- 1940 Mr T Miller president of Grange Golf Club. [8] 1926
Grange - Boy scouts. At the annual meeting of the Local Association of
Boy Scouts (Baden Powell's), held under the presidency of Mr
T.P.Miller, the District Commissioner, Commander C.H.Michaelson, RN,
reported… Officers elected for the coming year: President: Mr T.P.Miller; …[2] 1945
SINGLETON MOURNS HER SQUIRE. Singleton has lost its Squire by the death,
at the age of 68, of Mr. Thomas Pitt Miller of Singleton Park. His death occurred in a
Blackpool nursing home yesterday. He had been in ill-health for some time. Mr. Miller succeeded to the estate in 1941 on the
death of his aunt, Mrs. Isette Miller, widow of Mr. T.H. Miller who, until his
death in 1916, was a leading North of England agriculturist and shire horse
breeder. Member of a famous Fylde family, Mr. Miller soon won
the goodwill of the farmers and cottagers of the Fylde's model village by his
genial personality and frankness. Though he had spent most of his time at
Singleton Park since he became owner, his health did not permit him to play so
extensive a part in Fylde life as he would have liked. Nevertheless he took a
keen interest in the welfare of the 30 farms which covered the estate. Mr.
Miller had in his youth been a great traveller in many parts of the world and a
big game hunter. He was, too a keen naturalist and stamp collector, and had
acquired some fine collections. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Miller, and a son
25‑years‑old Mr. Thomas Miller. Mr. Miller lost two brothers in the
last war. A third brother, Mr. Willie Miller, who died before the last war, at
one time lived in Thistleton Lodge. The funeral will be on Saturday at Singleton Park
Church at 2p.m.[3] 1945
FUNERAL OF PROMINENT FYLDE MAN. Mr.
Thomas Pitt Miller, aged 68, of Singleton Park, near Blackpool, whose
funeral took place on Saturday at Singleton Parish Church, was a descendant of
the Preston family connected with the firm of Horrockses Miller and Co. The Miller family have lived at Singleton Park since
the residence was built in 1873, and Mr. T.P. Miller left
Grange‑over‑Sands to live there four or five years ago, when he
inherited the estate on the death of his aunt, Mrs. T. H. Miller. In his younger days he did big game hunting in Tibet
and Vancouver and was keenly interested in philately. Farmers and staff from the estate attended the
funeral which was conducted by Archdeacon Fosbrooke and Rev. J.B. Goodall, vicar
of Singleton. Mr. Miller Is survived by his widow and a son.[4] [1] Westmorland Gazette, 21 November 1914, p.7. [2] Westmorland Gazette, 13 November 1926, p.6. [3] Blackpool Evening Gazette, 6 September 1945, p.8 with photo. [4] Lancashire Daily Post, 10 September 1945. [5] Grange Red Book, 1910, p.85 [6] Grange Red Book, 1914, p.91 [7] Grange Red Book, 1924 - [8] Grange Red Book, 1926 - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||