VETERAN PUGILIST
KING’S GRACIOUS ACTION. ENTRY TO HOME ASSURED. London, June 17. The King has come to the rescue of Alfred Mitchell, an old pugilist, whom he saw fight in 1881, when he accompanied his father, the then Prince of Wales, to an exhibition of boxing. Mitchell later became the greatest bare knuckle fighter of his generation and middleweight champion of England. He made a fortune and became a hotelkeeper, but lost his money, and now, at the age of 75, wishes to enter the Victuallers’ Benevolent Institution. The pugilist wrote to the King, asking for His Majesty’s votes for that purpose, and in spite of the fact that the letter did not refer to the King’s presence at the fight, His Majesty remembered his pleasure at the contest and allotted Mitchell all his votes, thus ensuring his election.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1934, Page 14
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