Leif Anthony Mills CBE (25 March 1936 – 17 December 2020) was a British trade unionist .
3-667: Mills was educated at Kingston Grammar School and went on to study at Balliol College, Oxford before undertaking national service in the Royal Military Police . He then joined the National Union of Bank Employees (later renamed the Banking Insurance and Finance Union - BIFU), becoming Assistant General Secretary in 1962, then Deputy General Secretary in 1968, and finally General Secretary in 1972, serving until 1996. Mills stood unsuccessfully for
6-620: The Covent Garden Market Authority. In 1999, Mills published a biography of Frank Wild , while his Men of Ice appeared in 2008. He was appointed CBE in the 1995 Birthday Honours . He died on 17 December 2020 at the age of 84, and was an active member and benefactor of Weybridge Rowing Club , before which Oxford University Boat Club. He also subscribed to the Oxford and Cambridge Club. Kingston Grammar School Too Many Requests If you report this error to
9-736: The Labour Party in Salisbury at the 1964 general election , and again in a 1965 by-election . Although his first speech to the Trades Union Congress was followed by BIFU's expulsion, for registering under the Industrial Relations Act , he subsequently held a number of TUC posts, including that of President in 1994/5. He also served on the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , and more recently with
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