Sir William Foot Mitchell JP (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 V.[8]
References
- ^ a b "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ "Shell News" (PDF). Royal dutch, General Managing Directors 1890 - 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Shell Global". the Beginnings. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Mackenzie, Compton. (2006) [1954]. Realms of Silver: One Hundred Years of Banking in the East (reprint of 1st ed.). Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-37797-8.
- ^ "Parks & Gardens UK". Quendon Park, (also known as Quendon Hall), Saffron Walden, England. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 303. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "The London Gazette, 16 July 1929" (PDF). Honours. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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