William Grant Mitchell (23 May 1865 – 14 January 1904)[1] was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team.
Mitchell was educated at Bromsgrove School before gaining entry to Caius College, Cambridge in 1884.
In 1890, Mitchell, now playing for Richmond was selected to represent England as part of the 1890 Home Nations Championship.
Mitchell kept his place, and was in the England squad that was victorious over Scotland and Ireland in the final two games of the Championship.
1890 saw Mitchell join William Percy Carpmael's newly formed invitational touring team, the Barbarians; and his Cambridge roots served him well the next season when, after playing all three games of the 1891 Championship, he was selected to join Bill Maclagan's 1891 British Isles team that toured South Africa.