John Millan

John Millan (1701–1782) was a printer and bookseller at Charing Cross, London. After his death, his business was taken over by Thomas Egerton and his brother John Egerton.

From: ''The Booksellers'', Henry Dell, 1766.
MILLAN deserving of the warmest praise,
As full of worth and virtue as of days;
Brave, open, gen'rous, 'tis in him we find,
A solid judgment, and a taste refined.
Nature's most choice productions are his care,
And them t'obtain no cost or pains does spare,
A character so amiable and bright,
Inspires the Muse with rapture and delight:
The Gentleman and Tradesman both in him unite.

On 5 March 1772, antiquarian Richard Gough visited Millan's shop. He wrote, "On my return from Westminster last night, I penetrated the utmost recesses of Millan's shop". He found Millan "at the head of a Whist party".

A newspaper death notice of 23 March 1782 reads, "Yesterday died, at his house at Charing-cross, aged 81, Mr Millan, military bookseller, supposed to have been the strongest man in the kingdom." Provided by Wikipedia