William Mitchell (27 June 1838 – 5 March 1914)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician in Lancashire.
Mitchell was born in Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire and Educated at Burnley Grammar School and Liverpool Collegiate Institution.
[2] He had been an unsuccessful candidate in Accrington at the 1895 general election,[3] and then in Middleton at a by-election in November 1897.
[4] He finally won a seat in the House of Commons at the 1900 general election, when he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the parliamentary borough of Burnley, defeating the sitting Liberal Party MP Philip Stanhope.
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