THE KING’S CORONER.
Very few people have heard of the “King’s Coroner.” Yet this little-known post is held by a solicitor aged seventy, Mr A. W. Mills. He become coroner to the Royal Household in 1888, and has held the position ever since. But though, in case of a death, his posi tion gives him jurisdiction over the Royal palaces and the House of Commons, it cannot be said that it brings much work with it. During the last thirty-seven years Mr Mills has had to hold only two inquests—in 2905 »x»d 1911. In the year 1921, it will b*e remembered that Mr Wintringham M.P. for Louth, died in the House of’ Commons. The death, therefore, came under the jurisdiction of the King's Coroner, but Mr Mills, after consultation, decided that no inquest need be held.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17837, 4 May 1926, Page 3
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