Charles Mitchell (governor)
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Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell GCMG |
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Charles Mitchell
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| Acting Governor of Natal | |
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In office 1881–1882 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Redvers Buller |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Bulwer |
| 3rd High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
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In office January 1887 – February 1888 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir John Bates Thurston (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Thurston |
| 4th Governor of Fiji | |
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In office January 1887 – February 1888 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir John Bates Thurston (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Thurston |
| Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands | |
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In office 1888–1888 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Smith |
| 7th Governor of Natal | |
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In office 1889–1893 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Havelock |
| Succeeded by | Francis Haden (acting) |
| 17th Governor of the Straits Settlements | |
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In office 1 February 1894 – 7 December 1899 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | William Edward Maxwell |
| Succeeded by | James Swettenham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1836 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 7 December 1899 (aged 62–63) Singapore |
| Resting place | St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore |
| Citizenship | British |
| Spouse(s) | Fanny Rice (d.1885) Eliza Weldon, |
| Children | Hugh Mitchell |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Royal Marines |
| Years of service | 1852-1878 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell GCMG (1836 – 7 December 1899) was a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Marines, before joining the Colonial Service, in which he served in British Honduras, British Guiana, Natal. He then served as Governor of Fiji, of the British Colony of Natal & Zululand (1881–1882), and of the Straits Settlements (1 February 1894 to 7 December 1899).
He attended the Royal Naval School and joined the Royal Marines in 1852. He served with them in the Baltic campaigns from 1854-1856. He retired from the marines in 1878.
Mitchell's first wife Fanny Rice died in 1885. He remarried to Eliza Weldon. He had a son, Colonel Hugh Mitchell, RM,
Mitchell died on 7 December 1899. He was buried in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, his tombstone was erected "To the glory of God and in memory of His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell Royal Marine Light Infantry, G.C.M.G. Governor of the Colony who died in Singapore on 7 December 1899. This tablet is erected by the members of the Civil Service of the Straits Settlements."
Marines from the HMS Hermione served as an honour guard and pallbearers for the Mitchell's funeral
Mitchell Park Zoo in Durban, South Africa is named after him.
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