William Townley Mitford (27 June 1817 – 18 April 1889) was a Victorian Conservative Party politician in Britain.
He was born at Pitshill in West Sussex in 1817. He built Bedham school near Fittleworth, which was later used as a church and is now derelict.
He served as Member of Parliament for Midhurst from 1859 to 1874.[1]
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