Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet

Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet

Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet (5 December 1846 – 15 November 1918) was a Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

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Biography

Early life

He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the youngest son of Andrew and Janet Thomson. He was a grandson of William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur) (1781 - 1854).

Career

He entered local politics in 1882 standing unsuccessfully for a council seat in Edinburgh. He finally gained a seat in 1890. He served on the city’s Gas, Education and Water Commissions. He was the chairman on the Northhill Soup Kitchen committee in Edinburgh. He was a trustee and chairman for the George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh. He was Provost of Edinburgh (1897-1900) and a JP for Peebleshire. He was also a representative for Edinburgh to the General Council of the Church of Scotland. He served on the committee of the Edinburgh branch of the Navy league in the 1900s. He was not a free trader in that he was chairman of the Scottish Trade Protection Society (1890s) and later the Tariff Reform League (1900s).

He started out a partner in the family timber business and later held directorships at various times in a range of Scottish based companies (the Bank of Scotland, the Scottish Widow’s Fund Life Assurance Society, the British Investment Trust Company Arizona Trusts and Mortgage Company, the Scottish Reversionary Company Ltd.; the Caledonian Railway and the London Advisory Committee of the Canada Steamship Line Limited (1917). By 1916 he had acquired over 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) of land including an estate in Peeblesshire called Polmood which he sold in 1917. He also owned land in Kincardineshire.

Marriage and children

He was married twice, firstly to Eliza Flowerdew Lowson in 1876 by whom he had one son William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon, and secondly to Eliza Lamb Cook in 1880 by whom he had two daughters.

Death and afterward

He died at Edinburgh, Midlothian on 15 November 1918. His obituary appeared in The Scotsman newspaper.

Awards and honors

He was a Member of the Royal Company of Archers. He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1899. For political and other services he was created Baronet of Polmood in 1900. He was a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He changed his surname to Mitchell-Thomson on acquiring the title.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Polmood) 
1900–1918		 Succeeded by
William Mitchell-Thomson

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