Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
In office 1836 – 6 January 1842
Preceded by
Charles Dallas
Succeeded by
Hamelin Trelawny
Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
In office 1833–1835
Preceded by
James Campbell
Succeeded by
John Hastings Mair
Personal details
Died
18 November 1850 Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Spouse
Phillis Sophia Lobb
Children
Six, including Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Middlemore
Awards
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
British Army
Years of service
1793–1850
Rank
Lieutenant-General
Commands
48th Regiment of Foot Inspecting Field Officer, Nottingham
Battles/wars
French Revolutionary War
Egypt Campaign
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Battle of Talavera
Lieutenant-General George MiddlemoreCB (died 18 November 1850, Tunbridge Wells) was a British Army officer and the first Governor of Saint Helena.
Originally commissioned in the 86th Regiment of Foot, he rose to command the 48th Regiment of Foot during the Peninsular War. He was the lieutenant-governor of Grenada from 1833 to 1835.
Middlemore was the first governor of Saint Helena from 1836 to 1842 after its handover from the British East India Company to the Crown. He oversaw the repatriation of Napoleon's remains from there in 1840. He was succeeded on 6 January 1842 by Colonel Hamelin Trelawny.[1]
^Jackson, E.L (1905). St. Helena:The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date. Thomas Whittaker. p. 295.
Lieutenant-General GeorgeMiddlemore CB (died 18 November 1850, Tunbridge Wells) was a British Army officer and the first Governor of Saint Helena. Originally...
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went to Plantation House, where the island's governor, Major General GeorgeMiddlemore was waiting for them. After a long interview with Joinville (with...
September 1607 at King's Norton, Worcestershire. She was the daughter of GeorgeMiddlemore and Frances née Stanford and was the eldest of twenty-two children...
transfer did not take effect until 24 February 1836 when Major-General GeorgeMiddlemore (1836–1842), the first governor appointed by the British government...
He assumed the role on 6 January 1842, succeeding Major General GeorgeMiddlemore. He promptly raised 5 companies in England under the St. Helena Regiment...
1834, the first governor was appointed in 1836. 1836 – Major General GeorgeMiddlemore 1842 – Colonel Hamelin Trelawny 1846 – Major General Sir Patrick Ross...
brother of Jane Austen. Maitland married twice: (1) on 8 June 1803, in St George's, Hanover Square, (Westminster), to Louisa (d. 1805), daughter of Sir Edward...
Grenada with the Lieutenant Governor of Grenada as his subordinate. GeorgeMiddlemore, 1833–1835 John Hastings Mair, 1835–1836 Carlo Joseph Doyle, 1836–1846...
-Gen. Sir George Prévost 1814–1834: Lt-Gen Christopher Chowne 1834–1836: Gen. Sir Peregrine Maitland, GCB 1843: Lt-Gen. GeorgeMiddlemore, CB 1843–1853:...
Henry Middlemore (d. 1592) was an English courtier and diplomat. He was a younger son of Henry Middlemore of Hawkesley (d. 1549) and Margery Gatacre....
Thomas Middlemore (1842 – 16 May 1923) was an English mountaineer who made multiple first ascents during the silver age of alpinism. His audacity earned...
Surgeon until May, 1828, when at his request he was replaced by Richard Middlemore. He was asked in 1840 to become Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital and...
Italy Archived 7 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine (trans. by S.G.C. Middlemore, 1878) Skinner, Quentin, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought,...
[1878]. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (translation by S.G.C Middlemore ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044534-3. National Geographic...
Prince James as ambassador. Throckmorton sent his junior assistant Henry Middlemore to the coronation instead of going himself. Throckmorton was working against...
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canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. Robert Lawrence Augustine Webster Humphrey Middlemore 19 June 1535 Carthusian hermits from the London Charterhouse executed...
constructed a military camp for 6,000 troops from the United States Army. Middlemore Hospital opened in 1947, intended as a temporary military hospital, later...
Phillimore, W. P. W.; Carter, W. F. (1901). Some Account of the Family of Middlemore of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. London: Phillimore & Co. OCLC 18666335...
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