Captain Henry Mitchell Jr. (1862–1894) was the 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,[1][3] and a captain in the Smethwick Rifle Volunteers.[1]
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.[1]
Memorials
In 1897 Henry Mitchell purchased 14 acre 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").[1]
Henry also built and donated Smethwick Drill Hall and the accompanying Sergeant Instructor's house.[1] A plaque from the drill hall, now in the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre which replaced it, reads:[1]
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References
- Harry Mitchell Sandwell Leisure Trust, retrieved 29 November 2016^
- In 1898, the company merged with another, to become Mitchells & Butlers^
- Dan Shaw. The story of Mitchells & Butlers very own Cape Hill fire brigade Black Country Bugle, 21 June 2012, retrieved 29 November 2016^
- Mike Bradbury. Lost Teams of the Midlands Xlibris Corporation, 2013-10-22^