Bertram Mills

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 ☨ Bertram Mills 
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1873-08 in United States
Dead 1938-04-16 in United States
Residence
Country United Kingdom
Locations
Title owner 1920-1938
Location at Bertram Mills Circus in United Kingdom
Biography details

Bertram Wagstaff Mills , circus director in United Kingdom

Mills was born * 1873-08 in United States dead 1938-04-16 , in United States .

Records about Bertram Mills from English Wikipedia

Bertram Wagstaff Mills (August 1873 – 16 April 1938) was a British circus owner originally from Paddington, London, who ran the Bertram Mills Circus. His circus became famous in the UK for its Christmas shows at Olympia in West London televised in 1938, 1946 and 1947. His troupe was the last to perform with live animals on the Drury Lane Theatre stage.

Born in August 1873, Bertram was the son of Halford Mills of Paddington, London, an undertaker and the owner of the Reformed Funeral Company, a coach-building works, and the Undertakers Journal. Halford Mills was described as a "pioneer of embalming". Bertram was brought up on two small farms at Chalfont St. Giles (which his father owned for the purpose of sending his horses there to rest), where he developed his passion for horseback riding.

Bertram Mills married his wife, Ethel (d. 1960), in 1901. They were parents of a daughter and two sons, Bernard Notley and Cyril Bertram Mills. After their father's death on 16 April 1938 aged 64, both Bernard and Cyril took over running the Bertram Mills Circus, sustaining its success until the early 1960s, when it was finally disbanded due to widespread television viewing
Records about Bertram Mills from English Wikipedia


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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Bertram Wagstaff Mills in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 December 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3674. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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