Background
He was born on 5 April 1876 in Waltham Street Lawrence in Berkshire, the son of Leonard Micklem of Abbot"s Mead in Elstree in Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Dora Emily Weguelin.
He was born on 5 April 1876 in Waltham Street Lawrence in Berkshire, the son of Leonard Micklem of Abbot"s Mead in Elstree in Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Dora Emily Weguelin.
He was educated at Harrow School and Hertford College, Oxford. He was ordained after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1903.
He was the half-brother of both Commander Sir Robert Micklem and Brigadier-General John Micklem Defence Science Organisation Military Cross. After a curacy at Shere he was a lecturer at Street Augustine"s College, Canterbury. From 1910 to 1917 he was a canon residentiary at Street John"s Cathedral, Brisbane, and principal of the Brisbane Theological College. He was Rector of Street James" Church, Sydney from then until his appointment as the second Provost of Derby Cathedral.
Micklem resigned in 1947 and died on 5 December 1965.
