page_title: Mitchell's Hospital Old Aberdeen
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Mitchell's Hospital Old Aberdeen / History / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Initial Rules and Regulations of Mitchell's Hospital - 1801
context_page_description: Mitchell's Hospital, Old Aberdeen, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, was founded by the philanthropist David Mitchell in 1801 as follows: " .. from a regard for the inhabitants of the city of Old Aberdeen and its ancient college and a desire in these severe times to provide lodging, maintenance and clothing for a few aged relicks and maiden daughters of decayed gentlemen merchants or trade burgesses of the said city.. ". See the text of the 1801 Mortification or the conditions of the endowment. The Hospital is owned and managed by the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Council and the Cathedral Church of St Machar in Old Aberdeen. The origins of the Hospital are due to various attempts by the Incorporated Trades and Merchants in Old Aberdeen to provide a "care home" for their elderly and infirm members and their "relicks".
  From 1801 until the beginning of the twentieth century, the hospital served as a refuge for "relicks" of Old Aberdeen Trade Burgesses. Mitchell's mortification laid down very specific conditions for eligibility. One of which gave preference in selecting residents to those who had the name "Mitchell".
context_section_description: The facility was restored in 1924 and again in 1965 to provide self-contained flats for elderly ladies.
caption: Mitchell's Hospital Excerpt from Rules and Regulations in 1801
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