His sister was Mary Caroline Mitchell who was involved in a society scandal following her second marriage in 1889.
He published a view of life under the commune in Fraser's Magazine, noting that although he and a colleague had not been very well treated by the Communist authorities they agreed that never in their time, and they both knew Paris well, had that city been so admirably managed in every way as under the rule of the Commune.
[5] Michell was later legal adviser to Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam and fluent in Siamese wrote a Siamese-English dictionary.
Michell was expert on hawking and was considered possibly the greatest authority on merlins.
Michell is also said to have purchased Wimbledon for the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.