John Mitchell (Hull politician)

John Mitchell (c. 1781 – 29 August 1859)[1] was an English Tory[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

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,[1] when he did not contest Hull.[2]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
2. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 405. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
3. "William 'King' Mitchell, 1742–1823, Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk.
4. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Mitchell, John (3)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
5. historyofparliamentonline.org, Mitchell, John (?1781-1859), of Richmond, Surr.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir George Denys, Bt John Staniforth	Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull 1818 – 1826 With: James Graham 1818–1820 Daniel Sykes from 1820	Succeeded by John Augustus O'Neill Daniel Sykes