James William Mitchell (1836 – 1898) was a Scottish

officer of arms An officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions: * to control and initiate armorial matters; * to arrange and participate in ceremonies of state; * to conserve a ...

. In 1879, Mitchell was appointed

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in the Court of the Lord Lyon and between 1879 and 1898 he was Rothesay Herald. He was also

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between 6 March 1890 and his death. Mitchell was a descendant of Sir John Mitchell, 1st Baronet and in 1895 he was recognised as heir male to the Mitchell baronetcy of West Shore by the

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. He never assumed or used the title, but he is recorded by some sources, including

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and the Court of the Lord Lyon, as the 9th baronet.Mitchell, Sir James William, (1836-1898), Scottish herald
The National Archives. Retrieved 22 November 2022. Mitchell married Maria Wilmot, daughter of Sir Henry Sacheverel Wilmot, 4th Baronet, on 15 June 1854. Their son, Hugh Sykes Mitchell, also never presented a claim on the baronetcy.

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