George Mitchell (1858-1936)
George Mitchell (1858-1936), director of the Vacuum Brake Co
1936 Obituary [1]
GEORGE MITCHELL was associated with the Vacuum Brake Company, Ltd., for no less than fifty-four years.
He was born at Eton in 1858, but lived for the whole of his life at Windsor.
In 1872 he was apprenticed to Mr. W. G. Beattie, M.I.Mech.E., and served in the Nine Elms works of the London and South Western Railway. He afterwards entered the locomotive drawing office.
In 1882 he joined the Vacuum Brake Company as a draughtsman. He became assistant manager in 1893, and was promoted to be manager in 1897. In 1911 he was appointed a director. Subsequently he became managing director, and occupied this position until his retirement in 1929, after which he retained his seat on the board until his death, which occurred in Windsor on 20th March 1936.
Mr. Mitchell devoted a great deal of his time to municipal affairs. He was Mayor of Windsor in 1901, and was senior alderman at the time of his death. He was elected a Member of the Institution in 1898, and served on the Committee of Management of the Benevolent Fund from 1915 until 1920. He rendered valuable assistance to the Institution whilst serving on the Summer Meeting Committee in 1910, when the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the guests of the Institution, visited Windsor.