by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Mitchell… (1823)
“ Eldest son of the late Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, K.B. whose services are recorded in the Nav. Chron. XVI. 90–107; and brother to Captains Nathaniel and Andrew Mitchell, R.N. We first find this officer serving as an acting lieutenant on board the Cleopatra frigate. Captain Sir Robert Laurie, Bart, in her gallant but unsuccessful action with la Ville de Milan, a French ship of nearly double her size and force, Feb. 17th, 1805; on which occasion he was badly wounded [1] . He obtained the rank of lieutenant Aug. ”
