William Foot Mitchell
Sir William Foot Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| File:Sir William Foot Mitchell.jpeg Sir William Foot Mitchell at his home in Quendon | |
| Member of Parliament for Dartford | |
| In office January 1910 – December 1910 | |
| Preceded by | James Rowlands |
| Succeeded by | James Rowlands |
| Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden | |
| In office 15 November 1922 – 10 May 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Cecil Beck |
| Succeeded by | Rab Butler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Foot Mitchell 26 June 1859 |
| Died | 31 July 1947 (aged 88) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Hannah Hadley |
| Children | Lady Winifred Hadley Foot Mitchell |
| Relatives | Algernon Winter Rose (son-in-law), Arthur William Mickle Ellis (son-in-law) |
Sir William Foot Mitchell JP (26 June 1859 – 31 July 1947)[1] was a Conservative Party politician in England.
Mitchell was Managing Director of Royal Dutch Shell plc, an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company, from 10 March 1903 to 31 December 1938,[2] including the year that Royal Dutch Petroleum and the Shell Transport and Trading Company came together to form a petroleum company in 1907.[3]
He spent much of his early career in the East, largely in Japan and China,[4] before settling in the UK, buying Quendon Hall, Quendon, in 1907.[5]
Political career
[edit | edit source]He was elected to the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford, beating the sitting Liberal-Labour MP James Rowlands.[6] However, Rowlands regained the seat at the December 1910 general election.[6]
Mitchell did not contest the 1918 general election, but at the 1922 general election he was elected as MP for Saffron Walden.[1] He held the seat until he stood down at the 1929 general election.[7]
He was knighted in 1929 by King George V.[8]
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