Irish politician and banker (c. 1741 – April 1830)
Hugh Henry Mitchell (c. 1741 – April 1830), of Glasnevin and Merrion Castle, was an Irish politician and banker.
Early life
Mitchell was the eldest son of Henry Mitchell (1716–1768) and Mary Webber (d. 1779), a daughter of Edward Webber of Cork.[1] His father was the senior partner in the bank of Mitchell and Macarell, and MP for Castlebar and Bannow.[2] Among his siblings were Lt.-Col. Edward Mitchell, Mary Mitchell (wife of Macarell-King), Margaret Mitchell (wife of Robert King), Anne Mitchell (wife of Maurice Coppinger, MP for Ardfert, Roscommon, and Belturbet),[3] and Catherine Mitchell (wife of John Monck Mason, MP for Blessington and St Canice).[1]
His father was the only son of merchant Hugh Mitchell of London, and Jane (née Henry) Finlay. His grandmother, a widow of a Mr. Finlay, was the daughter of Robert Henry, a Presbyterian Minister, and sister to Hugh Henry, MP for Newtown Limavady and Antrim Borough,[4] and banker whose firm, Hugh Henry & Co., was the predecessor to his father's firm, Mitchell and Macarell).[1]
Career
He was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Ballyshannon between 1766 and 1768 and for Enniskillen in 1771.[5] After leaving Parliament, he opened a banking office at 11 Ormond Quay c. 1777, but his bank "soon faded out of existence".[1]
In 1763, Mitchell married Margaret Gordon (b. c. 1750), daughter of Elizabeth Glen and James Gordon, 2nd of Ellon, Scotland.[6] Together, they lived at Glasnevin, County Dublin, and were the parents of:
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