Career
He was also a two-term Mayor of Camberwell between 1906 and 1908 and a magistrate. Lane-Mitchell was knighted in 1921, working as a produce broker until 1923. In 1919 he signed a 21-year lease on Ryecotes Mead, a large house with extensive grounds on the Dulwich Estate and famous for its previous wealthy businessmen occupants.
The couple lived in Sir Edmund"s former house, Shirley, in Pampisford Road, South Croydon, until aircraft noise motivated them to move to a flat in London.
Two portraits of Lane-Mitchell are held by the National Portrait Gallery.
