Hugh Henry Mitchell (politician)

Mitchell was the eldest son of Henry Mitchell (1716–1768) and Mary Webber (d. 1779), a daughter of Edward Webber of Cork.^[1] His father was the senior partner in the bank of Mitchell and Macarell, and MP for Castlebar and Bannow.^[2] Among his siblings were Lt.-Col. Edward Mitchell, Mary Mitchell (wife of Macarell-King), Margaret Mitchell (wife of Robert King), Anne Mitchell (wife of Maurice Coppinger, MP for Ardfert, Roscommon, and Belturbet),^[3] and Catherine Mitchell (wife of John Monck Mason, MP for Blessington and St Canice).^[1]

His father was the only son of merchant Hugh Mitchell of London, and Jane (née Henry) Finlay. His grandmother, a widow of a Mr. Finlay, was the daughter of Robert Henry, a Presbyterian Minister, and sister to Hugh Henry, MP for Newtown Limavady and Antrim Borough,^[4] and banker whose firm, Hugh Henry & Co., was the predecessor to his father's firm, Mitchell and Macarell).^[1]