Frederick Thomas Michell

Sir Frederick Thomas Michell KCB (born April 8, 1788 in Exeter , † January 14, 1873 in Totnes ) was an admiral in the British Navy .

Life

Michell was a son of Lt. Sampson Michell RN, who died in Rio de Janeiro in January 1809 as an admiral in Portuguese service. He joined the Portsmouth Naval Academy in 1800 and in 1803 as a midshipman in the Royal Navy. During the Napoleonic Wars he was a lieutenant captain since 1807, serving on various ships in the Mediterranean, off Brazil and off the West Indies. In the bombing of Algiers led by Lord Exmouth in August 1816, he led the mortar flotilla and took command of the flagship HMS Queen Charlotte on Exmouth's command after its captain had failed. In September 1816, Michell was promoted to commander.

Without active command since October 1816, he returned to active service in 1826 and became full captain in 1830. From 1852 to 1855 Michell was the flag captain of the HMS Queen , the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet with which he participated in the siege of the city of Sevastopol in the Crimea (→ Crimean War ). After this assignment he became Rear Admiral in July 1855 and Vice Admiral in 1862. He retired with the rank of admiral in 1866 and was made Knight of the Order of the Bath the following year . He died in Totnes, Devon, in 1873.

His brother was Lt.-Col. Charles Collier Michell (1793-1851), chief surveyor ( surveyor-general ) of the Cape Colony (and father-in-law of travel writer James Edward Alexander ). His sister Emma Caroline was the mother of Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood and Katharine O'Shea .

literature

• William Richard O'Byrne: A Naval Biographical Dictionary. Murray, London 1849.
• Frederic Boase: Modern English Biography. Netherton & Worth, Truro 1892-1921.
• TW Windeatt: Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell, KCB Translator Devon. Assoc. 32, (1900) pp. 390-399

Web link

• Data sheet Frederick Thomas Michell