Reverend James Mitchell

Category

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Item no

38650

Title

Reverend James Mitchell

Description

Rev. James Mitchell, South Leith Parish Church, 14 Hermitage Place.
Born 1830- 1911.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Engraver

Unknown

Date

1885

Size

9.1 x 6.5 cm

Type

Press cutting

Reverend Mitchell in 1864 was selected to join Leith Parish Church one of the most populated single Parishes in Scotland. He shared the task with Reverend Henry Duff. In 1872 following the Education Act of that year, the Dr Bells School in Leith became thereafter funded by the state, and its previous endowment became unused. Mitchell organised for these funds to be redirected to create a navigation School in Commercial Street. In the same year he organised a free soup kitchen and the building of Leith Model Lodging House (for homeless men) on Parliament Street.

At the late age of 71 in 1901 he was elected Moderator of the general assembly of the church of Scotland, he retired 1904 at 74.

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