MICHEL, Charles Edward. b. 1810; ensign 66 foot 25 Nov. 1828, major 25 June 1847; lieut.-col. 54 foot 28 July 1857, retired on full pay 21 Sep. 1860 with hon. rank of M.G. d. 18 Inverness terrace, London 7 Aug. 1893.
MICHEL, Sir John (eld. son of general John Michel d. 1844). b. 1 Sep. 1804; ed. at Eton; ensign 57 foot 3 April 1823; ensign 64 foot 20 Nov. 1823, captain 15 Feb. 1827; captain 3 foot 20 Feb. 1835; major 6 foot 6 May 1840, lieut.-col. 15 April 1842 to 1 Oct. 1854; A.D.C. to his uncle sir Henry Fane, commander-in-chief East Indies 1835–9; commanded a brigade during Kaffir war 1846–7, and second division of the army in Kaffir war 1852–3; chief of the staff of Turkish contingent during Crimean war 27 March 1855 to April 1856; commanded the Malwa field force in Indian mutiny 1858–9, defeated Tantia Topee at Beorora 15 Sep. 1858, and at Mingrauli 9 Oct., annihilated one wing of his force near Saugor 5 Dec, Tantia Topee was hanged 18 April 1859; commanded the first division in North China, which burned the summer palace at Pekin 18 Oct. 1860; col. of 86 foot 19 Aug. 1862 to death; commanded the troops in the first autumn manœuvres in south of England 1873; commanded the forces in Ireland 1875–80; general 28 March 1874, field marshal 27 March 1885; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831, K.C.B. 21 March 1859, G.C.B. 20 May 1871, granted service reward 20 Aug. 1852. d. at his seat Dewlish, Dorchester 23 May 1886. Blackwood’s Mag. Aug. 1860 pp. 181–94.
MICHELL, Charles Cornwallis (2 son of Sampson Michell, admiral Portuguese navy 1755–1809). b. Exeter 29 March 1793; baptized Charles Collier but known as Charles Cornwallis; ed. at R.M. academy, Woolwich 1807–9; 2 lieut. R.A. 2 Oct. 1809, 1 lieut. 1813, placed on h.p. with rank of captain 4 Sep. 1817; commanded a battery of Portuguese artillery during Peninsular war; attached to staff of marshal Beresford in the Brazils 1820; military drawing master at R.M. college, Sandhurst 25 March 1824; professor of fortification at R.M. academy, Woolwich 27 Sep. 1825 to 1828; surveyor general, civil engineer, and superintendent of works at Cape of Good Hope 1828 to July 1848; A.Q.M.G. in Caffre war of 1833–4, for which he was created K.H. 1836; knight of Portuguese orders of St. Bento d’Avis 1844 and of the Tower and Sword, Sep. 1846. d. Eltham, Kent 28 March 1851. Boase’s Collectanea Cornubiensia (1890) 564.
MICHELL, Sir Frederick Thomas (brother of the preceding). b. Exeter 8 April 1788; entered navy 17 Sep. 1803; captain 22 Feb. 1830; R.A. 9 July 1855, V.A. 16 June 1862, retired admiral 2 April 1866; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. d. North gate, Totnes 14 Jany. 1873.
MICHELL, Sir John (son of rev. John Michell of Huish, Somerset). b. 1781; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 1 March 1798, lieut.-col. 22 July 1830; commanded the R.A. in Canada 1831–36 and at Gibraltar 1844–48; col. commandant 14 June 1856 to death; general 2 June 1864; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831, K.C.B. 28 June 1861. d. 76 Portland place, London 23 Aug. 1866.
MICHELL, John Edward (only son of the preceding). b. 16 Sep. 1827; 2 lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1846, lieut.-col. 2 Sep. 1870, colonel 17 April 1878 to death; brigadier general Bengal 31 March 1876 to 31 July 1876 and 9 March 1877 to 30 April 1880; C.B. 2 June 1869; M.G. 1 May 1880; served in the Crimean war and Indian mutiny. d. Bishop’s Down, Spa, Tunbridge Wells 7 March 1883.
MICHELL, Nicholas (son of John Michell 1774–1868). b. Calenick near Truro 4 June 1807; ed. at Truro gr. sch.; employed in his father’s tin smelting works at Calenick; contributed to the Forget-me-not, the Keepsake and other annuals; author of The siege of Constantinople, with other poems 1831; An essay on woman 1833; The fatalist or the fortunes of Godolphin 3 vols. 1840; The traduced, an historical romance 3 vols. 1842; Ruins of many lands 1849; Spirits of the past 1853; The poetry of creation 1856; The immortals, or glimpses of paradise 1870; a collected edition of his poems appeared in 1871. d. Tehidy terrace, Falmouth 6 April 1880. bur. St. Kea churchyard 12 April. Biograph, i 46 (1879); Men of the West, April 1877 pp. 17–20, portrait; Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. pp. 352–4, 1281; Dublin univ. mag. lxxxviii 241, 501.
MICHELL, Richard (3 son of Edward Michell). b. Bruton, Somerset 1805; ed. at Bruton gr. sch. and Wadham coll. Oxf., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B.D. 1836, D.D. 1868; a successful private tutor; fellow of Lincoln college 1830, bursar 1832, tutor 1834–48; the first prælector of logic at Oxford 1839–49; public orator of univ. of Oxf. 1849 to death; member of the new hebdomadal council 1854–72; R. of South Moreton, Berkshire 1856 to death; vice principal of Magdalen hall 1848 and principal 5 Feb. 1868, the hall was converted into Hertford college in 1874, principal 10 Oct. 1874 to death; author of The nature and comparative value of the christian evidences considered. Bampton lectures 1849; Orationes Creweianæ 1878. d. Hertford college, Oxford 29 March 1877, portrait in Hertford college. Graphic, xv 356 (1877), portrait.
MICHELL, William (1 son of Bennet Michell). b. Bodmin 14 Feb. 1796; ed. Emmanuel coll. Camb., M.B. 1834, M.D. 1839; M.R.C.S. 1813; in practice at Fore st. Bodmin 1850; M.P. Bodmin 1852–7; contested Bodmin 28 March 1857; M.P. Bodmin 30 April 1859; accepted Chiltern hundreds 5 Aug. 1859; author of On difficult cases of parturition and the use of ergot of rye 1828. d. Plymouth 4 Nov. 1872.
MICHELL, William Edwards (only son of William Michell 1805–69, registrar of the stannaries). b. Truro 14 March 1840; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 18 Jany. 1861; capt. royal Cornwall and Devon miners’ artillery militia 12 Feb. 1870; lieut.-col. commanding 2 brigade western division royal artillery militia 4 April 1883 to death; F.R.A.S. d. Woolwich 5 Nov. 1892. bur. Newquay.