William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)
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William Mitchell was a Scottish entrepreneur. He was born in Alloa
, Clackmannanshire
, the second son of Alexander Mitchell and Janet Barrowman.
He was a co-founder of the Alloa Coal Company
later run by his sons Andrew and Alexander. He was an important investor (along with other members of his family) in the Leith shipping line William Thomson and Co; better known as the Ben Line
. In the 1840s, the Ben Line was in the North Atlantic trade, taking Aloa coal to Canada and returning with timber.
His more famous grandsons include the British civil servant in India John Ontario Miller
(1857–1843), the founder of the Luscar Coal Company Colonel Alexander Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)
(1871–1934), Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson
(1846–1918) a Lord Provost of Edinburgh and the noted Scottish Humanities scholar William Mitchell Ramsay
(1851–1939).
Alloa
Alloa is a town and former burgh in Clackmannanshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on on the north bank of the Firth of Forth close to the foot of the Ochil Hills, east of Stirling and north of Falkirk....
, Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire, often abbreviated to Clacks is a local government council area in Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife.As Scotland's smallest historic county, it is often nicknamed 'The Wee County'....
, the second son of Alexander Mitchell and Janet Barrowman.
He was a co-founder of the Alloa Coal Company
Alloa Coal Company
The Alloa Coal Company was founded as a partnership in 1835 between William Mitchell, John Moubray, John Craich and David Ramsay. The partners obtained a lease to mine coal and ironstone on the lands of the Earl of Mar in Clackmannanshire...
later run by his sons Andrew and Alexander. He was an important investor (along with other members of his family) in the Leith shipping line William Thomson and Co; better known as the Ben Line
Ben Line
The Ben Line or Ben Line Steamers, Limited was a Scottish shipping company based at Leith, Scotland which specialised in the fast carriage of cargo to and from the Far East...
. In the 1840s, the Ben Line was in the North Atlantic trade, taking Aloa coal to Canada and returning with timber.
His more famous grandsons include the British civil servant in India John Ontario Miller
John Ontario Miller
Sir John Ontario Miller, KCSI was a British civil servant in India. He was born in Toronto, Canada, the eldest son of Robert Schaw Miller and Eliza Miller...
(1857–1843), the founder of the Luscar Coal Company Colonel Alexander Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)
Alexander Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Mitchell, TD, JP was a British entrepreneur.He was born at River Devon, Clackmannanshire, the second son of Alexander Mitchell and Emma Pearce...
(1871–1934), Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson
Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson
Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet was a Lord Provost of Edinburgh.-Early life:He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the youngest son of Andrew and Janet Thomson...
(1846–1918) a Lord Provost of Edinburgh and the noted Scottish Humanities scholar William Mitchell Ramsay
William Mitchell Ramsay
Sir William Mitchell Ramsay was a Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar. By his death in 1939 he had become the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament...
(1851–1939).