Frank Herbert Mitchell

Sir Frank Herbert Mitchell KCVO CBE (13 June 1878 – 27 November 1951) was a British civil servant known as a private secretary and later Groom in Waiting to King George V. He was also a useful cricketer and golfer.

Sir Frank Mitchell

Personal information
Full name	Frank Herbert Mitchell
Born	(1878-06-13)13 June 1878 Eton, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	27 November 1951(1951-11-27) (aged 73) Crowborough Warren, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm underarm slow
Relations	Richard Mitchell (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1898	Oxford University
1897–1905	Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 23 Batting average 5.75 100s/50s –/– Top score 9 Balls bowled 183 Wickets 5 Bowling average 22.80 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/32 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2011

Cricket

Mitchell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm slow. The younger son of first-class cricketer and Eton master Richard Mitchell,[1] he was born at Eton, Buckinghamshire and was educated at Eton College, where he represented the college cricket team.[2] He was later educated at Balliol College, Oxford.

Mitchell debuted for Buckinghamshire in the 1897 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1897 to 1905, which included 7 Minor Counties Championship matches.[3] Mitchell made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1898. He played 2 further first-class matches in that season, against Somerset and Surrey.[4] In his 3 matches he scored 23 runs at a batting average of 5.75, with a high score of 9.[5] With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 22.80.[6] These all came in a single innings against Somerset, with Mitchell taking 5/32.[7]

Golfer

Mitchell was a noted amateur golfer. He played golf for Oxford University against Cambridge University from 1898 to 1901 and also represented England in the England–Scotland Amateur Match in 1906, 1907 and 1908.[1][8]

Career

During the First World War, he served as assistant director of the Official Press Bureau of the Home Office. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours.[9]

He was to later serve as Assistant Private Secretary to King George V from 1931–1937.[8] Knighted in 1937, Mitchell was subsequently appointed to the office of Groom in Waiting.[10] He succeeded as the Secretary of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 1933.[10] He died at Crowborough Warren, Sussex on 27 November 1951.

References

1. Begent, Peter J.; Chesshyre, Hubert; Chesshyre, D. H. B.; Jefferson, Lisa (1999). The Most Noble Order of the Garter: 650 years. Spink. p. 142.
2. "Teams Frank Mitchell played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frank Mitchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Frank Mitchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frank Mitchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
6. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Frank Mitchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
7. "Oxford University v Somerset, 1898". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
8. "Wisden – Obituaries in 1951". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
9. "No. 30460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1918. p. 371.
10. Headlam, Sir Cuthbert Morley (1999). Bell, Stuart (ed.). "Northern Area Chairman". Camden. Fifth Series. 14: 98. doi:10.1017/S0960116300002232.

External links

• Frank Mitchell at ESPNcricinfo
• Frank Mitchell at CricketArchive