John Hubert Schmitz

John Hubert Schmitz (c.1836-14 August 1909) was a merchant and politician active in the Croydon area.

Born in Germany, Schmitz settled in Croydon in 1863 and became a naturalised British citizen. From the 1860s he worked in the family firm of Kaltenbach & Schmitz, shipping agents, eventually becoming a partner in 1906.

When Croydon was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883, Schmitz was one of the first councillors, elected to represent the Central Ward. Secretary of the local Liberal Party, when it split over Irish Home Rule he became a Liberal Unionist. He subsequently was elevated to the Aldermanic bench, and was Mayor of Croydon for 1889-90, in which year it became a county borough. He retired from the council in 1902.