Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson

Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet, FRSE, FSA(Scot) (5 December 1846 – 15 November 1918) was a British merchant and businessman who served as the Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1897 to 1900.

He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the youngest son of Andrew Thomson, a timber merchant, and his wife, Janet Mitchell.

[citation needed] He followed in his father's trade as a timber merchant and monies (mainly from his mother's side) allowed him to purchase major tracts of land in Kincardineshire and Peeblesshire.

He was not a free trader in that he was chairman of the Scottish Trade Protection Society (1890s) and later the Tariff Reform League (1900s).

[citation needed] He served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1897 to 1900, succeeding Sir Andrew McDonald.

In later life he was living at 6 Charlotte Square, a huge and prestigious townhouse in the centre of Edinburgh designed by Robert Adam.

He is buried facing the north path of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, at the west end of the section closest to the main entrance.