Sir Andrew Mitchell KB (Dunfermline

Dunfermline

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, 1757 – Bermuda

Bermuda

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, 26 February 1806) was an Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. Married to Mary Uniacke in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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 on 3 May 1805.

Career

Mitchell entered service in 1771 as a midshipman

Midshipman

A midshipman is an officer cadet, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Kenya...

 on HMS Deal Castle. He was promoted to lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in 1776, while serving in the West Indies and again promoted to Post-captain

Post-Captain

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, skipping the rank of commander

Commander

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, after distinguishing himself in action in 1778.

He distinguished himself again while serving with the 1782 expedition of Sir Edward Hughes in India

India

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. When Hughes returned to England, he left Mitchell in charge of the India station as commodore

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. He returned to England in 1786.

In February, 1795 he received command of a ship in the Channel fleet of Admiral Howe

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

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. In June, 1795 he was promoted Rear-Admiral of the Blue, and in 1799 Vice-Admiral and given the command of Sheerness

Sheerness

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In August, 1799 he conducted the naval part of the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland

Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland

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. Here he obtained the surrender of a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic

Batavian Republic

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 in the Vlieter Incident

Vlieter Incident

The Vlieter incident was the surrender without a fight of a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, during the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland to the British navy on a sandbank near the Channel known as De Vlieter, near Wieringen, on August 30,...

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For his service in this expedition he was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, with his own ribbon (no stall being vacant at this time) by King George III

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 in 1800. He was voted the thanks of Parliament, and the City of London

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 presented him with a sword of honor at a value of 100 guineas

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He was commander-in-chief

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 of the North America and West Indies Station from 1802 to his death in 1806.

In 1805 he was raised to the rank of Admiral of the Blue. He died in Bermuda after a severe illness on 26 February 1806.