John Mitchell (Hull politician)

John Mitchell ( – 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.historyofparliamentonline.org, Mitchell, John (?1781-1859), of Richmond, Surr.

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.

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