William Foot Mitchell
Sir William Foot Mitchell |
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Sir William Foot Mitchell at his home in Quendon
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Member of Parliament for Dartford |
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In office January 1910 – December 1910 |
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Prime Minister | Herbert Henry Asquith |
Preceded by | James Rowlands |
Succeeded by | James Rowlands |
Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden |
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In office 15 November 1922 – 30 May 1929 |
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Prime Minister | Andrew Bonar Law, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | Sir Cecil Beck |
Succeeded by | Rab Butler |
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Born | William Foot Mitchell 26 June 1859 London, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 31 July 1947 Quendon, Essex, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Hannah Hadley |
Children | Lady Winifred Hadley Foot Mitchell |
Religion | Anglican |
Sir William Foot Mitchell (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
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 VI.[8]
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Foot Mitchell
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