|
Sir Henry Mitchell (1824 – 27 April 1898) was a Bradford millowner. He was born in Esholt, Bradford to manufacturer Matthew Mitchell and started work at 14 years of age in his father's mill. In 1841 he joined William Fison and Co and seven years later moved to A&S Henry and Co as a buyer, becoming a partner in 1852. By that time he was a leading authority on the worsted trade and influential in Bradford politics. He was a philanthropist and governor of the Bradford School Board and Grammar School and Vice President of the Bradford’s Mechanic Institute. He was a Justice of the Peace and elected Mayor of Bradford in 1874. He founded Bradford Technical School, now part of Bradford College, which was opened by King Edward VII in 1882, who knighted him in 1887 for his services to education. In 1898, just before his death, was made the first Honorary Freeman of the City of Bradford. On his death he was buried in Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford. He had married the daughter of the Revd Gordon of Earlston, with whom he had three sons. ==References== * (【引用サイトリンク】title= 175 Heroes at Bradford College ) * (【引用サイトリンク】Bradford's First Freeman ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Mitchell (mill owner)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|