John Mitchell (c. 1781 – 29 August 1859) was an English Tory politician.
Life
He was the son of David Mitchell, a Jamaica planter, and nephew of William Mitchell, a plantation owner and attorney there, who was also a Westminster politician. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1803, and was called to the bar in 1808.
Mitchell was elected at the 1818 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston-upon-Hull, and held the seat until the 1826 general election, when he did not contest Hull.
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 405. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- "William 'King' Mitchell, 1742–1823, Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk.
- Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Mitchell, John (3)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
- historyofparliamentonline.org, Mitchell, John (?1781-1859), of Richmond, Surr.
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| Preceded bySir George Denys, Bt John Staniforth |
Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull 1818 – 1826 With: James Graham 1818–1820 Daniel Sykes from 1820 |
Succeeded byJohn Augustus O'Neill Daniel Sykes |
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