Education
He attended the Royal Naval School and joined the Royal Marines in 1852.
He attended the Royal Naval School and joined the Royal Marines in 1852.
He then served as Governor of Fiji, of the British Colony of Natal & Zululand (1881–1882), and of the Straits Settlements (1 February 1894 to 7 December 1899). He served with them in the Baltic campaigns from 1854-1856. He retired from the marines in 1878.
Mitchell"s first wife Fanny Rice died in 1885.
He remarried to Eliza Weldon. He had a son, Colonel Hugh Mitchell, RM,
Mitchell died on 7 December 1899.
He was buried in Saint Andrew"s Cathedral, Singapore, his tombstone was erected "To the glory of God and in memory of His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell Royal Marine Light Infantry, Knight Giand Cross of St. Michael and St. George Governor of the Colony who died in Singapore on 7 December 1899. Marines from the HMS Hermione served as an honour guard and pallbearers for the Mitchell"s funeral
Mitchell Park Zoo in Durban, South Africa is named after him.
This tablet is erected by the members of the Civil Service of the Straits Settlements.".