Sir Henry Mitchell (1824 – 27 April 1898) was a Bradford millowner.

He was born in
Esholt
Esholt is a village and former civil parish in the metropolitan district of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated east of Shipley town centre, south-west of the A65 in Guiseley, north of Bradford City Centre, and n ...
, Bradford to manufacturer Matthew Mitchell and started work at 14 years of age in his father's mill.
In 1841 he joined William Fison and Co and seven years later moved to A&S Henry and Co as a buyer, becoming a partner in 1852. By that time he was a leading authority on the worsted trade and influential in Bradford politics. He was a philanthropist and governor of the Bradford School Board and Grammar School and Vice President of the Bradford’s Mechanic Institute. He was a
Justice of the Peace and elected
Mayor of Bradford in 1874.
He founded Bradford Technical School, now part of
Bradford College
Bradford College is a further and higher education college in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, with approximately 25,000 students. The college offers a range of full and part-time courses from introductory level through to postgraduate le ...
, which was opened by the future
King Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and ...
who was Prince of Wales at the time in 1882, who knighted him in 1887 for his services to education. In 1898, just before his death, was made the first Honorary Freeman of the City of Bradford.
On his death he was buried in
Undercliffe Cemetery
Undercliffe Cemetery is located between Otley Road and Undercliffe Lane in the Bolton and Undercliffe ward, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
The cemetery stands atop a hillside overlooking the city and contains Victorian era, Victorian funerar ...
, Bradford. He had married the daughter of a priest surnamed Gordon, of Earlston, with whom he had three sons.
References
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Henry
1824 births
1898 deaths
Businesspeople from Bradford
British industrialists
Mayors of Bradford
19th-century English businesspeople