Harry Mitchell (brewer) explained

Honorific Prefix:Captain
Henry Mitchell
Honorific Suffix:Junior
Birth Date:11 September 1862
Birth Place:Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
Death Date:1894 (aged 32)
Monuments:Harry Mitchell Park
Occupation:Managing Director
Parents:Henry Mitchell (father)

Captain Henry Mitchell Jr. (1862–1894) was managing director of a brewery company co-founded by his father Henry Mitchell.[1] [2] He was also superintendent of the fire brigade at the company's Cape Hill brewery,[3] and a captain in the Smethwick Rifle Volunteers.

He founded a brewery football team, Mitchells St George's, later Birmingham St George's F.C.[4]

Harry was born on 11 September 1862, in Smethwick (then part of Staffordshire), and died from typhoid at the age of just 32.

Memorials

In 1897 Henry Mitchell purchased 14acres of land, and in 1899 presented this to Smethwick Corporation to form what was named in his son's memory "Harry's Park" (now known as "Harry Mitchell Park").

Henry also built and donated Smethwick Drill Hall and the accompanying Sergeant Instructor's house. A plaque from the drill hall, now in the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre which replaced it, reads:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harry Mitchell. Sandwell Leisure Trust. 29 November 2016.
  2. In 1898, the company merged with another, to become Mitchells & Butlers
  3. Web site: The story of Mitchells & Butlers very own Cape Hill fire brigade. Shaw. Dan. 21 June 2012. Black Country Bugle. 29 November 2016.
  4. Book: Bradbury, Mike. Xlibris Corporation. 978-1-4836-9531-0. Lost Teams of the Midlands. 2013-10-22.