Archibald Michie
Anglo-Australian journalist and politician
About Archibald Michie
Lived 1813 – 1899 (aged 85–86). Archibald Michie was a British journalist, politician and barrister.
Sir Archibald Michie , (1813 – 21 June 1899) Michie junior was educated at Westminster School and was admitted to the Middle Temple in November 1834 and called to the Bar in May 1838.
Around 1849, Michie returned to England for a short while and then migrated to Canada. Then he returned to Sydney and moved to Melbourne in 1852. He was admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of Victoria and became associated with Thomas à Beckett. Michie was appointed to the Victorian Legislative Council in November 1852, but resigned in August 1853 to focus on his legal practice. From 1873 to 1879 Michie was Agent-General in London for Victoria and was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1878.
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Who was Archibald Michie?
Anglo-Australian journalist and politician
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Archibald Michie was born in 1813 in Maida Vale.
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Archibald Michie died on 21 June 1899.
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Archibald Michie was a journalist, politician and barrister.
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Archibald Michie was British.
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