Thomas Alexander Mitchell (1812 – 16 March 1875) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1875.
8-2227: Thomas or Tom Mitchell may refer to: Politics [ edit ] Thomas Alexander Mitchell (1812–1875), British Member of Parliament for Bridport Thomas B. Mitchell (died 1876), New York politician Thomas R. Mitchell (1783–1837), U.S. Representative from South Carolina Thomas Mitchell (Iowa politician) (1816–1894), Iowa politician Tom Mitchell (Australian politician) (1906–1984), Australian politician, author and skier Tom Mitchell (Irish politician) (1931–2020), Irish republican Sports [ edit ] Thomas Mitchell (football manager) (1843–1921), manager of Blackburn Rovers and Woolwich Arsenal football clubs Thomas Mitchell (Kent cricketer) (1907–1960), English cricketer Tom Mitchell (American football) (1944–2017), American football player Tom Mitchell (Australian footballer) (born 1993), Australian rules football player Tom Mitchell (English footballer) (1899–1984), English footballer and manager Tom Mitchell (rugby union, born 1958) , Fijian rugby union player Tom Mitchell (rugby union, born 1989) , English rugby union player, captain of England national rugby sevens team Tommy Mitchell (1902–1996), Derbyshire cricketer Tommy Mitchell (footballer) , (1905–1970), English footballer Other fields [ edit ] Thomas Mitchell (actor) (1892–1962), American actor Thomas Mitchell (explorer) (1792–1855), Scottish explorer of Australia Thomas Mitchell (Medal of Honor) (1857–1942), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Mitchell (merchant) (1798–1871), Glasgow merchant and ship owner. Thomas Mitchell (painter) (died 1790), English marine painter and naval official Thomas Mitchell (scholar) (1783–1845), English classical scholar and translator Thomas Noel Mitchell (born 1939), Irish academic Thomas W. Mitchell , American law professor Thomas Walker Mitchell (1869–1944), British physician and psychical researcher Tom M. Mitchell (born 1951), American computer scientist See also [ edit ] Thomas Michell (died 1551), English MP [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
16-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Alexander Mitchell Mitchell was a merchant in the City of London. He was a partner in the firm of Mitchell, Yeames and Co, a member of the committee of management of Lloyds Shipping Register and chairman of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. At the 1841 general election , Mitchell
24-500: The Commons, culminating in the defeat of the government's budget in May 1841 by 36 votes, and by 1 vote in a 4 June 1841 vote of no confidence put forward by Peel. According to precedent, Melbourne's defeat required his resignation. However, the cabinet decided to ask for a dissolution, which was opposed by Melbourne personally (he wished to resign, as he had attempted in 1839), but he came to accept
32-672: The Whigs saw heavy losses in constituencies like the West Riding , where aristocratic Whig families who held a strong tradition of unbroken representation in Parliament were rejected by the electorate. O'Connell, who had been governing with the Whigs through a compact , felt the government's unpopularity rub off on him. His own party was shattered in the election. Barely a dozen Repealers retained their seats, and O'Connell himself lost in Dublin while his son
40-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Mitchell&oldid=1217253552 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
48-523: The wishes of the ministers. Melbourne requested the Queen dissolve Parliament, leading to an election. The Queen thus prorogued Parliament on 22 June. The Conservatives campaigned mainly on an 11-point programme modified from their previous electoral effort and designed by Peel, whilst the Whigs emphasised reforming the import duties on corn , replacing the existing sliding scale with a uniform rate. The Whig position lost them support amongst protectionists, and
56-582: Was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Bridport . He held the seat until his death 1875, aged 63. This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1841 United Kingdom general election Viscount Melbourne Whig Sir Robert Peel Conservative The 1841 United Kingdom general election ,
64-463: Was held between 29 June and 22 July 1841 to elect the new Parliament of the United Kingdom. In this election, there was a large swing as Sir Robert Peel 's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons . Melbourne's Whigs had seen their support in the Commons erode over the previous years. Whilst Melbourne enjoyed the firm support of the young Queen Victoria , his ministry had seen increasing defeats in
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