Patrick Mitchell

Patrick Reynolds Mitchell KCVO[1] (17 March 1930 – 23 January 2020) was an English Anglican priest.

Life

Mitchell was born on 17 March 1930[2] and educated at Eton, Merton College, Oxford.[3], and Wells Theological College. Ordained in 1955 [4] he began his ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St. Mark's Church, Mansfield[5] following which he was Priest-Vicar of Wells Cathedral.

Mitchell would go on to hold incumbencies in Milton, Portsmouth and Frome Selwood, Somerset before being appointed Dean of Wells in 1973,[6] a position he held for 16 years; during his deanship he oversaw a major restoration of the cathedral[7]. In 1981 he was appointed to the Cathedrals Advisory Commission for England[7]. In 1989 he became Dean of Windsor until his retirement eight years later, when he was appointed KCVO.

He died in January 2020 at the age of 89.[7]

References

Burke’s peerage
Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 406.
Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
Church web-site
Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
The Very Reverend Patrick Mitchell, popular Dean of Wells and then of Windsor who was a trusted adviser to the Queen on Church affairs – obituary

Church of England titles
Preceded by Irven David Edwards	Dean of Wells 1973–1989	Succeeded by Richard Lewis
Preceded by Michael Ashley Mann	Dean of Windsor 1989–1997	Succeeded by David Conner

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[1] Burke’s peerage

[2] Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

[3] Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 406.

[4] Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0

[5] Church web-site

[6] Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)

[TeleObit-7] The Very Reverend Patrick Mitchell, popular Dean of Wells and then of Windsor who was a trusted adviser to the Queen on Church affairs – obituary

Deans of Wells
High Medieval	Ivo Richard de Spakeston Alexander Leonius Ralph of Lechlade Peter of Chichester William of Merton John Saracenus Giles of Bridport Edward of Cnoll Thomas Bytton William Burnell Walter Haselshaw
Late Medieval	Henry Husee John Godelee Richard of Bury Wibert of Littleton Walter of London Thomas Fastolf John of Carleton Stephen Penpel John Fordham Thomas Thebaud Henry Beaufort Nicholas Slake Thomas Tuttebury Richard Courtenay Walter Medeford John Stafford John Forest Nicholas Carent William Witham John Gunthorpe
Early modern	William Cosyn Thomas Wynter Richard Woleman Thomas Cromwell William Fitzjames John Goodman William Turner Robert Weston Valentine Dale John Herbert Benjamin Heydon Richard Meredith Ralph Barlow George Warburton Walter Ralegh Robert Creighton Ralph Bathurst William Grahme Matthew Brailsford Isaac Maddox John Harris Samuel Creswicke Lord Francis Seymour
Late modern	George Lukin Hon Henry Ryder Edmund Goodenough Richard Jenkyns George Johnson Edward Plumptre Thomas Jex-Blake Armitage Robinson Richard Malden Frederic Harton Christopher Woodforde Irven Edwards Patrick Mitchell Richard Lewis John Clarke Andrew Featherstone (Acting) John Davies

Deans of Windsor
Late Medieval	William Mugge Walter Almaly Thomas Butler Richard Kingston John Arundel Thomas Manning John Faux William Morland William Dudley Peter Courtenay Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick
Early modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbs Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Edward Hyde Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth Frederick Keppel John Harley John Douglas James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton
Late modern	Edward Legge Henry Hobart George Neville-Grenville Gerald Wellesley George Connor Randall Davidson Philip Eliot Albert Baillie Eric Hamilton Robin Woods Launcelot Fleming Michael Mann Patrick Mitchell David Conner