Mitchell, David (Westminster)

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Dates 1639 and 1660-1662
Location Westminster
Vocation Minister; bishop
Place of Birth Kincardineshire
Marriage
Issue
Place of birth Source H. Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1915–28), vii, 331

Minister of Garvock (1619), Edinburgh (second charge) (c.1628) and Edinburgh (first charge) (1634). Supported Charles I's prayer book, and deposed by General Assembly (1638). Fled to Holland via London, living as a watchmaker. Moved back to England, and became prebendary of Westminster (1661). Bishop of Aberdeen (1662).