Sir George Arthur Mitchell

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(1860–1948) was a Scottish mining engineer and company director. He was Director of both the

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and

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and of several

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. He

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the Mitchell Lectures at

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Life

The grave of George Arthur Mitchell, Glasgow Necropolis

He was born in

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,on 20 June 1860, the son of Alexander Moncrieff Mitchell, a colliery owner (son of Moncrieff Mitchell), and his wife Elizabeth Mitchell, sister of Sir Arthur Mitchell. He studied Science and engineering at

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graduating MA. In 1897 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

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and Sir Arthur Mitchell. He was knighted by King

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in 1935. In 1910 he was living in a new and exclusive property at 9 Lowther Terrace in

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in Glasgow and was listed as Director of the Flemington Coal Company. The building was designed by his architect cousin

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in 1906.Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow by McWilliam, Riches and Higgs He died at Drumquhassle House near

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on 16 February 1948. He is buried in the

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. The grave lies on the eastern edge of the north section on the upper plateau. He did not marry and had no children. He was Deacon of the Hammermen of Glasgow in 1922.

Positions of Note

*President of the Mining Institute of Scotland 1894 to 1898 *President of the

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1895/6 *President of the

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1906/7 *Vice President of the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland 1919 to 1922 *President of the

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1923 to 1925 *Director of the Clydesdale Bank *Director of the Midland Bank *Director of

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Ltd *Director of the Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company *Director of Robert Addle & Sons Collieries Ltd *Director of Plean Colliery Ltd *Director of the Flemington Coal Co Ltd

References

1860 births 1948 deaths People from Lanarkshire Alumni of the University of Glasgow Scottish mining engineers Scottish businesspeople Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish bankers Scottish knights {{Scotland-business-bio-stub