Sampson Michell

[1] He was born in Truro in 1755 the son of Dr Thomas Michell MD (1726-1811) a "fox-hunting squire" in Cornwall, and his wife Jane Sprey (1728-1759).

His paternal uncle appears to have been Admiral Reynell Michell and he chose ro join the Royal Navy.

[6] He formed part of the flotilla containing the Portuguese Royal Family and many military and naval leaders which left Europe in December 1807 under command of Captain Graham Moore and arrived in Brazil in January 1808.

[7] He died in Rio de Janeiro on 20 January 1809 aged 53 and is buried there in the Bastion.

[5] Their daughter Anna Marie Michell (1791-1889) married Sir Benjamin Wood MP.