About Cornelius Mitchell
Cornelius Mitchell was a naval officer.
Captain Cornelius Mitchell (died 1749) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career Mitchell was promoted to post captain on 14 June 1731 on appointment to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Larke. He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Rochester in August 1739, of the third-rate HMS Buckingham in October 1740, of the third-rate HMS Kent in 1741 and of the fourth-rate HMS Adventure in 1744. he was tried by court-martial and sentenced to be cashiered and "rendered incapable of ever being employed in his Majesty's service" in January 1748.
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Who was Cornelius Mitchell?
Mitchell, Cornelius (<em>fl. </em>1709–1748), naval officer
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Cornelius Mitchell died in 1749.
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Cornelius Mitchell was a naval officer.
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