Alfred Mitchell-Innes

Alfred Mitchell-Innes (June 30, 1864 - February 13, 1950) was a British diplomat. He had the Grand Cross of the Medjidieh conferred upon him by Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt.

Family

The youngest child of Alexander Mitchell-Innes (1811 - 1866) of Ayton, and Whitehall (near Chirnside), Berwickshire, by his second spouse Fanny Augusta (1821 - 1902), daughter of James Vine, in Puckaster, Isle of Wight, Alfred was born at 2 Forres Street, Edinburgh. He married (her second marriage) in 1919, Eveline (d. December 28, 1946), daughter of Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet of Manderston, Berwickshire.

Career

Educated privately, he entered the British Diplomatic Service in 1890 and was appointed to Cairo the next year. In 1896 he became financial advisor to Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V), King of Siam. In 1899 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Finance in Egypt, and was Councillor at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1908 to 1913. He was Minister to Uruguay 1913-1919, after which he retired.

He then joined Bedford Town Council serving twice: 1921-31 and 1934-47.

Publications

* "Love and The Law", in the "Hibbert Journal", January 1913.
* "Essays on Money and Credit", in the "Banking Law Journal", New York, 1913.
* "Martyrdom in our Times", 1932.

References

* Ruvigny and Raineval, The Marquis of, "The Blood Royal of Britain - Tudor Roll", London, 1903, p.550.
* "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes", 69th edition, London, 1943.
* Black, Adam & Charles, "Who's Who", London, 1945, p.1910.