George Middlemore Explained

George Middlemore
Honorific-Prefix:Lieutenant-General
Honorific-Suffix:CB
State:Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Office1:Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Term Start1:1836
Term End1:6 January 1842
Predecessor1:Charles Dallas
Successor1:Hamelin Trelawny
Office2:Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
Term Start2:1833
Term End2:1835
Predecessor2:James Campbell
Successor2:John Hastings Mair
Death Date:18 November 1850
Death Place:Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1793–1850
Rank:Lieutenant-General
Commands:48th Regiment of Foot
Inspecting Field Officer, Nottingham
Battles:
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Spouse:Phillis Sophia Lobb
Children:Six, including Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Middlemore

Lieutenant-General George Middlemore (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]

Personal life

Middlemore married Phillis Sophia Lobb (died 15 July 1854, Southborough). They had 6 children:[2]

  1. Grace Phyllis (died 1892)
  2. Robert Frederick Middlemore (died 18 October 1896, Thorngrove)[3]
  3. Helen Catherine
  4. Jemina Honor (died 1887)
  5. Mary Douglas (died 18 August 1853, Hastings)
  6. Catherine Sophia

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jackson, E.L. 1905. St. Helena:The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date. 295. Thomas Whittaker .
  2. Book: William. Phillimore. William. Carter. 1901. Some Account of the Family of Middlemore, of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. 144. Private circulation, and issued .
  3. Phillimore and Carter, p. 145