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Born on 15 October 1882 the son of Rev. Charles MacMichael of Walpole Rectory, Wisbech
Educated at Bedford Grammar School
Admitted pensioner 28 July 1901
There is a photograph of him in the Football team (1904-1905 - see MCCP/AVP/2 and a carte de visite size portrait in MCPP/AVP4)
He was a member of the Boat Club and rowed in the Lent and May Boats in 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905. He was Secretary in 1903 and Captain in 1904
After leaving Magdalene he passed his civil service exam and entered the Sudan Political Service in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He then served in the Blue Nile Province until 1915, when he became a senior inspector of Khartoum Province. He rose to the position of civil secretary in 1926. In 1933, he became governor of Tanganyika until 1937.
In 1938 he became High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine.
In 1942 he was blamed for sending at least 768 Jewish refugees aboard MV Struma to their deaths.
During his tenure, he was the target of seven unsuccessful assassination attempts.
MacMichael also served as High Commissioner of Malta.