J. P. (James Philip) Mills

Educated at Winchester School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1913 and served in northeast India until 1947. Archival records note that he worked in the Naga Hills, including as Sub-divisional Officer at Mokokchung from 1917 to 1924 and later as Deputy Commissioner at Kohima in the 1930s.

He is best remembered for his ethnographic work on Naga peoples, including books such as The Lhota Nagas. His work is still associated with careful documentation of customs, institutions, and everyday life in the region, making him an important figure for readers interested in colonial-era anthropology and the history of northeast India.

Surviving archival collections suggest a life shaped by both administration and scholarship. That combination gives his books a distinctive character: they are historical documents of their time, but they also remain valuable for the depth of detail they preserve.