Frederick Gilbert Mitchell
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Frederick Gilbert Mitchell (20 January 1884[1] – 8 October 1962) was an English civil engineer and businessman who founded a major international construction business and promoted the development of a new range of helicopters.
Biography
Born on 20 January 1884, in London, Mitchell became an apprentice on the railways at age 14.[2] After working for a firm of consulting engineers as a draughtsman, he joined the engineering firm of Fraser and Chalmers.[2] During World War I he worked as a civilian troubleshooter for Lord Kitchener.[2] After the War Mitchell established an engineering business in London supplying coal handling plant and boilers for power stations.[2] In 1933, he diversified into construction activities founding Mitchell Construction which focused on the construction of power stations[2] and which, after his death, was to become one of the largest construction companies in the UK.[3]
His passion was sailing and in 1931 he became Commodore of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club where he was responsible for completing the new clubhouse at Burnham-on-Crouch.[4] During the 1950s, Mitchell's business expanded rapidly enabling him to acquire a former minesweeper and restore it.[5] He instituted the Finn Gold Cup for the Finn Class of Sailing in 1956.[6]
In 1960, Mitchell together with J.S. Shapiro established Rotorcraft, a business which developed the Grasshopper series of helicopters.[7]
Mitchell married Hilda Butcher in 1911, having two sons.[8] Their eldest son Roy was a sailor who competed in the 1960 Olympics later succeeding his father as chairman of Mitchell Engineering Ltd.[9]
Mitchell lived at Clopton Manor in Northamptonshire. He died in hospital in Zurich, on 8 October 1962, aged 78.[10]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register
- ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Peterborough Council: What's in store for the Bridge House mural? Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".