Background
The son of Bennet Michell, he was born in Bodmin in 1796.
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William Michell
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Education
Emmanuel College.
Career
He wrote a paper on the use of ergot in childbirth in 1828. That year he was also admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Medicine in 1834, and a Doctor of Medicine in 1839. Michell was admitted an Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.
He was elected an Member of Parliament for Bodmin in 1852.
Roebuck"s motion to prevent him from resigning was defeated, and he left Parliament by becoming Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He died in Plymouth in 1872.
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In 1859, faced with a petition against him by James Wyld for corrupt practices during the elections, he agreed not to defend his seat if Wyld would withdraw the petition. Attacked by John Arthur Roebuck, who saw in this an attempt to escape charges, Michell replied that his means were insufficient to sustain the expenses necessary to defend himself against the petition.
Membership
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Died
November 4, 1872 (aged 76)