Hugh Henry Mitchell ( – April 1830), of

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and

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, was an Irish politician and banker.

Early life

Mitchell was the eldest son of Henry Mitchell (1716–1768) and Mary Webber (d. 1779), a daughter of Edward Webber of

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. His father was the senior partner in the bank of Mitchell and Macarell, and MP for

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and

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. Among his siblings were Lt.-Col. Edward Mitchell, Mary Mitchell (wife of Macarell-King), Margaret Mitchell (wife of Robert King), Anne Mitchell (wife of

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, MP for

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, and

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),''Parliamentary Register 1785'' p.304 and Catherine Mitchell (wife of

John Monck Mason John Monck Mason (1726–1809) was an Irish politician and literary scholar. Life Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On 12 Au ...

, MP for

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and

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). His father was the only son of merchant Hugh Mitchell of

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, and Jane ( Henry) Finlay. His grandmother, a widow of a Mr. Finlay, was the daughter of Robert Henry, a Presbyterian Minister, and sister to Hugh Henry, MP for

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and Antrim Borough, and banker whose firm, Hugh Henry & Co., was the predecessor to his father's firm, Mitchell and Macarell).

Career

He was a member of the

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for

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between 1766 and 1768 and for

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in 1771. After leaving Parliament, he opened a banking office at 11 Ormond Quay , but his bank "soon faded out of existence".

Personal life

In 1763, Mitchell married Margaret

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(b. ), daughter of Elizabeth Glen and James Gordon, 2nd of

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, Scotland. Together, they lived at

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, and were the parents of: * Mary Harriet Mitchell (d. 1842), who married Very Rev.

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, son of Rt. Hon.

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, in 1796. * Col.

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(1770–1817), who married Lady Harriett Somerset, a daughter of

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, in 1804. * Anne Mitchell (b. 1778), who married Hans Hamilton, son of James Hamilton of Sheephill and Holmpatrick, Deputy

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of the

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. Mitchell died in

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in April 1830.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchelll, Hugh Henry 1740s births 1830 deaths Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Fermanagh constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies