Background
He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, the second son of Alexander Mitchell and Janet Barrowman.
He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, the second son of Alexander Mitchell and Janet Barrowman.
In the 1840s, the Ben Lincolnshire was in the North Atlantic trade, taking Aloa coal to Canada and returning with timber.
He was an important investor (along with other members of his family) in the Leith shipping line William Thomson and Company Better known as the Ben Lincolnshire.