Her brother-in-law, David Mills, was the husband of Baroness Jowell. Death Dame Barbara Mills died on 28 May 2011, aged 70, after suffering a stroke 12 days earlier. She was survived by her husband, their four children, and eight grandchildren. Her ashes are interred in Highgate Cemetery (west cemetery). References Sources 1940 births 2011 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Members of the Middle Temple English barristers Directors of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) English King's Counsel Alumni of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Lawyers awarded knighthoods 20th-century King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel Place of birth missing People from Chorleywood 20th-century English lawyers