Charles Mitchell (governor)
Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell GCMG | |
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Charles Mitchell | |
Acting Governor of Natal | |
In office 1881–1882 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Redvers Buller |
Succeeded by | Sir Henry Bulwer |
3rd High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
In office January 1887 – February 1888 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Sir John Bates Thurston (acting) |
Succeeded by | Sir John Thurston |
4th Governor of Fiji | |
In office January 1887 – February 1888 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Sir John Bates Thurston (acting) |
Succeeded by | Sir John Thurston |
Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands | |
In office 1888–1888 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston |
Succeeded by | Sir William Smith |
7th Governor of Natal | |
In office 1889–1893 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Sir Arthur Havelock |
Succeeded by | Francis Haden (acting) |
17th Governor of the Straits Settlements | |
In office 1 February 1894 – 7 December 1899 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | William Edward Maxwell |
Succeeded by | Sir James Alexander Swettenham |
Personal details | |
Born |
1836 London, United Kingdom |
Died |
7 December 1899 62–63) Singapore | (aged
Resting place | St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore |
Citizenship | British |
Spouse(s) |
Fanny Rice (d.1885) Eliza Weldon, |
Children | Hugh Mitchell |
Military service | |
Service/branch | Royal Marines |
Years of service | 1852–1878 |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell GCMG (1836 – 7 December 1899) was a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Marines, before joining the Colonial Service, in which he served in British Honduras, British Guiana, Natal. 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 attended the Royal Naval School and joined the Royal Marines in 1852. 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 of the Royal Marines,
Mitchell died on 7 December 1899. He was buried in St 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, G.C.M.G. Governor of the Colony who died in Singapore on 7 December 1899. This tablet is erected by the members of the Civil Service of the Straits Settlements."
Marines from HMS Hermione served as an honour guard and pallbearers for the Mitchell's funeral[1]
Mitchell Park Zoo in Durban, South Africa is named after him.
References
- ↑ North China Herald, 2 May 1900, p785
- Obituary, The Times, Friday 8 December 1899; pg. 6
- BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-07-30)
- William A. Shaw (2010). The Knights of England. a Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors. Clearfield Company. ISBN 978-0-8063-5132-2.
- Image of Sir Charles Mitchell at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-06-12)
- Mitchell Park Zoo at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-24)
Government offices | ||
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Preceded by Redvers Buller |
Governor of Natal, acting 1881–1882 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Bulwer |
Preceded by Sir John Bates Thurston, acting |
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1887–1888 |
Succeeded by Sir John Bates Thurston |
Governor of Fiji 1887–1888 | ||
Preceded by Lord Gormanston |
Governor of the Leeward Islands, acting 1888 |
Succeeded by Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith |
Preceded by Sir Arthur Havelock |
Governor of Natal 1889–1893 |
Succeeded by Sir Francis Haden, acting |
Preceded by William Edward Maxwell, acting |
Governor of the Straits Settlements 1894–1899 |
Succeeded by James Alexander Sweetenham, acting |