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MITFORD, WILLIAM, elder son of William Mitford, Pitshill, Petworth, Sussex, Receiver-Gen. of Taxes for Sussex, and his second wife Sarah, dau. of John Wicker, Horsham, Sussex; b. 29 Jul 1748; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1781); Supernumary Clerk, Treasury May 1762 – Jul 1765, Under Clerk Jul 1765 – Nov 1782, Senior Clerk Nov 1782 – Dec 1783, Chief Clerk Dec 1783 – Mar 1807; of Pitshill, Petworth, Sussex; Receiver-Gen. Taxes, Sussex, by 1797; m. 7 Jul 1778 Frances Dippery, dau. of Milward Rowe, Westham, Sussex, Chief Clerk, Treasury; d. 30 Jan 1824.

MITFORD, WILLIAM REVELEY, eldest son of John Mitford, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, Commissioner of Bankruptcy, Ireland, and his first wife Sarah Woodward; b. 24 Nov 1802; adm. 13 Jan 1815 (Du Brieux's); left Bartholomewtide 1818; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1821; Ensign, 3rd Native Infantry 9 Dec 1821; d. at Hazaribagh, India 27 Apr 1824.

MITFORD, JOHN REVELEY, brother of William Reveley Mitford (qv); b. 12 Feb 1807; adm. 25 May 1815 (Du Brieux's); left 3 Jul 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1826; BA 1830; MA 1837; ordained priest (London) 23 Dec 1832; Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall, from 29 Dec 1837; m. 1832 Emma Kemp, dau. of Abraham Cumberbatch Sober; d. 19 Mar 1838.

Mitchell, Simon Edward, son of Charles Mitchell, Prof. of Art History Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, and Prudence, d. of Maj. Addison Vaiden Thomson, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, of Crowcombe, Somerset; b. 4 Aug. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (B); left July 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1962, MA 1966; LSE, MPhil 1965; fieldwork in Brazil 1965-7; lecturer in Social Anthropology, Inst. of Latin American Studies, Univ. of Glasgow 1968-; m. 1st, 1963 Fanny Harriet Hutton, d. of John Langshaw Austin OBE FBA, White’s Prof. of Moral Philosophy Univ. of Oxf.; 2nd, Linda Ann Robertson, d. of William Churcher, photographer; d. 26 Mar. 2010.

MITCHELL, SAMUEL, brother of John Mitchell (qv); b. Brighton, Sussex; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1807; left 1808; a merchant in London; m. 18 Jan 1825 Sarah, dau. of B. Barnard, Ham Common Surrey; d. 15 Aug 1841, aged 49.

MITCHELL, ROWLAND, brother of John Mitchell (qv); b.; adm.; at school 1796; in school list 1797; KS 1799; probably Mitchell who played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800, 31 Jul 1801; a West India merchant; director, East and West India Dock Co.; m.; d. 27 Oct 1870.

MITCHELL, JOHN, son of David Mitchell, Carshalton House, Surrey, and Jamaica, West Indies, plantation owner, and Anne Hewitt Smith; b. Jamaica 1781; adm.; in school list 1795; KS 1796; probably Mitchell who played cricket v. Eton at Lords’s 8 Aug 1799; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1800; BA 1804; MA 1808; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1803, called to bar 1808; MP Kingston upon Hull 1818-26; of Doune Lodge, Perthshire; m. 11 Sep 1824 Eliza, eldest dau. of John Elliott, Pimlico Lodge, Westminster, porter brewer; d. 24 Jun 1827 [ or 29 Aug 1859 ?].

MITCHELL, JAMES, only son of James Mitchell (KS 1802, qv); b. 16 Jul 1809; adm. 27 Jun 1821 (G); Min. Can. 1822; left 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1826; BA 1830; MA 1833; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1829, called to bar 30 Jan 1835; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; DL JP West Suffolk; m. 4 Jun 1863 Caroline Augusta, second dau. of Capt. Job Thomas Syer Hanmer, Royal Navy, Holbrook Hall, Suffolk; d. 21 Jun 1895.

MITCHELL, JAMES, brother of John Mitchell (qv); bapt. 3 Apr 1788; adm. 18 Jan 1799; in school list 1801; KS 1802; left 1805; m. 1808 Eliza, dau. of E. Kaylet, Maverley, Jamaica; d. in Jamaica 1809.