Walter Mitchell (1817–74)
Clergyman and natural philosopher. Interested in crystallography and mineralogy. Lecturer in natural philosophy, St Bartholomew’s Hospital; vicar of St Bartholomew’s-the-less, 1861–9; hospitaller, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1846–69. Reader at Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, 1846–69. Vicar of Purton, Wiltshire, 1871.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/217/106/1), 1871 (RG10/1888/39/13)
Clergy list 1843–1874
Crockford’s clerical directory 1860–74.
England & Wales, national probate calendar (
index of wills and administrations),
1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 13 October 2018)
England & Wales, non-conformist and non-parochial registers, 1567–1970 (Ancestry.com, accessed 13 October 2018)