Eric Mitchell

Eric Mitchell (1940 -1985) is a former member of the Mitchell family.was Father of Phil Mitchell Grant Mitchell and Sam Mitchell and Husband of Peggy Mitchell Brother of Clive Mitchell and Archie Mitchell and Uncle of Ronnie Mitchell Roxy Mitchell Charlie Mitchell and Harry Mitchell Eric Mitchell Married Peggy Mitchell in the 1960s because she was pregnant with Phil. Eric, a keen boxer, worked for gangster Johnny Allen (Billy Murray). Johnny would taunt Eric, making him do demeaning jobs because Eric was a better boxer than him. Eric fell in love with a woman called Maureen and planned to elope with her, but changed his mind, unable to desert his family, who he grew to resent. Eric took his angst out on Peggy and was often violent towards her and Phil.undefinedPeggy considered leaving when her sons, Phil and Grant, were teenagers, and once even tried to seduce Johnny Allen, but he turned her down. Peggy tried to save her marriage by having another child in 1975, her only daughter Sam. Her relationship with Eric improved, but only temporarily, and when Kevin Masters employed Peggy to work at his minicab firm, they began a secret affair. When Eric developed cancer, Peggy gave up work to care for him, after Eric's died in 1985 of cancer

Family

 * Family - Mitchell Family
 * Mother - Sandra Mitchell (deceased)
 * Father - Phil Mitchell (deceased)
 * Brothers - Archie Mitchell (deceased) Clive Mitchell
 * Uncles - Kenneth Mitchell
 * Aunts - Madge Mitchell
 * Wives - Peggy Mitchell (1960-1985)
 * Sons- Phil Mitchell and Grant Mitchell
 * Daughters- Sam Mitchell
 * Nieces- Ronnie Mitchell and Roxy Mitchell
 * Nephews - Charlie Mitchell and Harry Mitchell
 * Great Nieces- Danielle Jones (deceased) and Amy Mitchell.


 * Grandsons -Ben Mitchell