- TITLE
- Photograph of Alexander Mitchell
- EXTERNAL ID
- GB232_D928_C_III_02_01
- PLACENAME
- unidentified
- PERIOD
- 1880s
- SOURCE
- Highland Archive Centre
- ASSET ID
- 8233
- KEYWORDS
- family history
family histories
chemists
pharmacists
druggists
dispensaries

This photograph of Alexander Mitchell dates from around 1885. Alexander (1843 - 1889) was a chemist and druggist, initially at Portree and latterly at Forbes Dispensary, Inverness. The photograph is part of the JLM Mitchell Archive of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Alexander was Mitchell's grandfather.
Sheriff James Lachlan Martin Mitchell (b. 13 June 1929) was a native of Inverness and son of well-known doctor, Lachlan Mitchell. He was appointed full-time sheriff in Edinburgh in 1978 and served there until his retirement in 1995. He died on 26 November 2001
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