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Looking For Descendants Of Walter Cecil Michell (1864-1939)

Walter Cecil Michell,Resident Councillor of Penang from(7 Oct. 1917-1919).He became the Acting Resident Councillor of Penang from (18 May 1912-29 Jan.1913)/Acting Resident of Malacca from (11 June 1914-24 Dec.1915). >   > He was born in Kensington, London on August 9, 1864.Son of William Warwick Michell & Elizabeth Catherine Elwin. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford. He first came to the Colony in 1887 and was attached to the Colonial Secretary's Office until 1888 when he was posted to Sungai Ujong, Negeri Sembilan as Acting Collector of Land Revenue. He passed his Malay Examination in 1889. From 1889 until 1890, he was in Ulu Pahang as Acting Superintendent before arriving in Penang in April 1890 to serve as Acting District Officer, Balik Pulau, but soon to be promoted as District Officer of the district in 1891. In 1895, after home leave, he was transferred to Dindings as Acting District Officer but soon afterwards as its District Officer while