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David Mitchell (politician)
British Conservative politician, born 1928

David Mitchell (politician)

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British Conservative politician, born 1928
A.K.A.
David Bower Mitchell Sir David Bower Mitchell
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Amersham Rural District
Place of death
Odiham
Age
86 years
Family
Children:
Andrew Mitchell
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Biography

Sir David Bower Mitchell (20 June 1928 – 30 August 2014) was a British Conservative politician who was a member of Parliament for over 30 years, and who served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's government.

Early life

Mitchell was born in the Amersham Rural District in Buckinghamshire, and educated at Aldenham School, Hertfordshire, before becoming a wine shipper and merchant.

Political career

Mitchell served as a councillor on St Pancras Borough Council from 1956 to 1959. He contested St Pancras North in 1959. He was the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke from 1964 to 1983, and for Hampshire North West from 1983 until he retired in 1997. In 1970 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Social Services in the Heath Ministry.

Mitchell served in the Thatcher Ministry as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry, 1979 - 1981, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, 1981 - 1983, and then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, 9 June 1983 – 9 January 1986, and Minister of State, 9 January 1986 – 25 July 1988, at the Department of Transport. He was knighted in 1988 upon his resignation from Government.

Mitchell's son Andrew Mitchell is the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, and served as Secretary of State for International Development and briefly as Chief Whip in David Cameron's government between 2010 and 2012.

Publications

In 2008, Sir David Mitchell published an autobiography entitled "From House to House, The Endless Adventures of Politics & Wine" with The Memoir Club, ISBN 978-1-84104-191-9.

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