Background
MITCHELL, James Robert Mitford was born in 1843 in Inverness. Son of Joseph Mitchell, Commander of Order of Leopold, Engineer of Highland Railway.
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James Robert Mitford MITCHELL
James Robert Mitford MITCHELL, British Chaplain.
Education
Inverness Academy; Merchiston Castle. Edinburgh University (Master of Arts). Trinity College Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts).
Minister of Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, 186S-75. Abbey, Paisley. 1875-1878. West Church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, 1878-1895.
Patron of Incorporated Trades, Aberdeen, 1888-1895. Doctor of Divinity.
Career
Chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1888-1901. Commissioner from Church of Scotland to India, 1897. To Scots Churches in Argentine, 1900.
To Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1905. Moderator of General Assembly, 1907. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the King in Scotland since 1910; Convener Colonial Committee Church of Scotland, 1898-1909.
Membership
Club: University, Edinburgh.
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Club: University, Edinburgh.
Interests
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Travelling.
Connections
- Father:
- Joseph Mitchell
