BUSINESS MAN'S DEATH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 276, 11 February 1928, Page 12

BUSINESS MAN'S DEATH

MR. C. C. MCMILLAN A PROMINENT CITIZEN Mr. Charles Cookman McMillan, an old and respected resident of Auckland, died at his home in Bassett Road, Remuera, yesterday, at the age of 80 years. Mr. McMillan was born in Dublin in 1848. At the completion of his education at the Wesleyan Education School, Dublin, Mr. McMillan commenced his commercial career in the London house of W. and A. McArthur and Company. In 1869, the firm having extended its activities to New Zealand, Mr. McMillan came out as manager of the Auckland branch, in which position he remained until 1893. Mr. McMillan’s interests outside of' his business were varied. In 1881 he was president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and, later, in Great Britain, represented his chamber in the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire. Mr. McMillan’s activities at various stages embraced the positions of chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, trustee of the Auckland Savings Bank, director of the South British Insurance Company, Archibald Clark and Sons, Ltd., and many other concerns, particularly mining companies. Mr. McMillan was the oldest member of the Northern Club, of which he was, at one time, president. He was also a member of the Auckland Club. Mr. McMillan also held important positions in the Waitemata and Ara Lodges, and was in 1897, District Grand Master of his order. In 1903 he received the great honour of being invited to preside over the United Grand Lodge of England. Mr. McMillan is survived by a widow, who is a daughter of th e late Mr. Archibald Clark, one son, Mr. G. A. McMillan, of Auckland, and three daughters, Mrs. Henry D. A. Major, Oxford, England, Mrs. Harold Bull and Mrs. Frank Bull, of Mangere. There are eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. There is one sister living, Miss McMillan, of Kensington, London. His two late brothers were Dr. John McMillan, of Dublin, and Sir William McMillan, one of the framers of the constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. His other sister was the late Mrs. M. Price, of Wellington. The funeral leaves Mr. McMillan’s late residence, Bassett Road, this afternoon for the Purewa Cemetery.