his railway coach during an overnight stop at Glen Mervyn siding, about from Donnybrook, Western Australia, while on a tour of the southwest of the state. He was 85. Personal life In 1888, Mitchell married Clara Robinson Spencer, the daughter of Bunbury mayor William Spencer. The couple had three sons and a daughter; three of his children predeceased him and he was widowed in 1949. He died on 26 July 1951, aged 85, in his personal railway carriage while stopped at the small siding of Glen Mervyn near Collie. He was granted a state funeral and buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. Legacy The Mitchell Freeway was named in his honour, as was Sir James Mitchell Park in South Perth and Sir James Mitchell National Park. The botanist Charles Gardner named the rapier featherflower Verticordia mitchelliana in his honour. References Further reading |- |- Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery Governors of Western Australia Leaders of the Opposition in Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Premiers of Western Australia Treasurers of Western Australia Australian Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian politicians awarded knighthoods People from Bunbury, Western Australia 1866 births 1951 deaths Australian bankers