William Henry Fancourt Mitchell

William Henry Fancourt Mitchell
1st Chief Commissioner
of Victoria Police
In office
3 January 1853 – 24 January 1854
MonarchVictoria
Lieutenant GovernorSir Charles La Trobe
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySir Charles MacMahon
Personal details
Born
William Henry Fancourt Mitchell

November 1811
Leicester, England
Died24 November 1884 (aged 72–73)
Barfold, Victoria, Australia
SpouseChristina Templeton
Children9
OccupationPolice officer, politician

Sir William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (November 1811 – 24 November 1884)[1] was a British-born Australian police commissioner and politician, President of the Victorian Legislative Council for fourteen years.[2]

  1. ^ "Mitchell, Sir William Henry Fancourt (1811 - 1884)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Mitchell, Hon. Sir William Henry Fancourt" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.