Thomas Alexander Mitchell

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Thomas Alexander Mitchell (1812 – 16 March 1875){{rayment-hc|b|5|date=March 2012}} was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1875.

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.[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1870londuoft#page/198/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870]

At the 1841 general election, Mitchell was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Bridport.{{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885

|origyear=1977

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-26-4

|pages=63–4

}}

He held the seat until his death 1875, aged 63.