William Mitchell (Burnley MP)
William Mitchell (27 June 1838 – 5 March 1914)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician in Lancashire.
Mitchell was born in
Liverpool Collegiate Institution
.
He was Chairman of Mitchell Bros. of Waterfoot Ltd, a felt and woollen manufacturer.[2] He had been an unsuccessful candidate in Accrington at the 1895 general election,[3] and then in Middleton at a by-election in November 1897.[4]
He finally won a seat in the
He did not stand again at the 1906 general election,[5] and retired from Parliament aged 67.
References
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Who's who volume 58 page 1190 snippet view at Google Books
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, op. cit., page 322
- ^ a b Craig, op. cit., page 88
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