Arthur Michell

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| name = Arthur Michell

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| full_name = Arthur Tompson Michell

| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|09|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Headington, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|08|13|1852|09|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Headington, England

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| occupation = Vicar

| school = Rugby School

| university = Oriel College, Oxford

| relatives = Richard Michell (father)

| position = Halfback

| repyears1 = 1875

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 3

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Arthur Tompson Michell (16 September 1852 – 13 August 1923) was an English international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Headington, Michell was the sixth born child of reverend Richard Michell and a brother of British duchess Mary Caroline Blair (wife of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland). He attended Rugby School and Oriel College, Oxford.{{cite news |title=County Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000252/19230818/122/0006 |work=Staffordshire Advertiser |date=18 August 1923}}

Michell was a varsity sportsman and won a University Sculls championship as an oarsman. He had the most success in rugby, with three blues and captaincy honours. In 1875, Michell gained three England caps playing halfback.{{cite news |title=Death of the Rev. Arthur Michell |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000989/19230817/349/0024 |work=Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette |date=17 August 1923}}

Ordained in 1879, Michell held several curacies and later served three decades as vicar of Sheriffhales.{{cite news |title=Personal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/19231130/091/0004 |work=Shrewsbury Chronicle |date=30 November 1923}}