MICKLETHWAITE, Frederick Nathaniel (3 son of Nathaniel Micklethwaite of Taverham hall, Norwich 1784–1856). b. 1817; ed. Eton and Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; his first match at Lord’s, Harrow v. Eton 31 July 1834; the best bat in the Eton eleven; played for Cambridge against Oxford at Lord’s 23–4 June 1836, afterwards played for I. Zingari; on committee of Marylebone club; barrister I.T. 29 April 1842. d. Taverham hall, Norwich 18 Oct. 1878. F. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, ii 279 (1862).
MICKLETHWAITE, Thomas. b. 4 Sep. 1813; editor and proprietor of Sheffield Patriot 1841; proprietor and editor of Wakefield Journal and examiner 1841 to Nov. 1852; poor law auditor for west Yorkshire audit district 28 June 1851 to death; a town councillor of Wakefield; chairman of board of guardians 1849–51; high chief ranger of ancient order of Foresters 1849; barrister G.I. 30 April 1853. d. Wakefield 23 May 1857. bur. in the vicarage croft 27 May. Wakefield Journal 29 May 1857 p. 5.
MIDDLEMIST, Robert. b. 29 Feb. 1808; a computer at Nautical almanac office, London 1831; F.R.A.S. 14 March 1834; mathematical master in royal naval school, Greenwich; entered Christ’s coll. Camb. as an undergraduate 1838, scholar, 27th wrangler 1842; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1846; C. of Ufford, Northamptonshire 1843–5; senior assistant mathematical master at Harrow 1845 to death; V. of Little Linford, Bucks. 1860 to death. d. Ramsgate 11 Jany. 1877. bur. at Harrow 18 Jany. Dunkin’s Obituary notices of astronomers (1879) 202–205.
MIDDLEMORE, Richard (son of Richard Middlemore of The Davids, Northfield). b. 12 Oct. 1804; L.S.A. 1825; M.R.C.S. 1827; an ophthalmic surgeon at Temple Row, Birmingham 1827, retired 1879; assist. surgeon Birmingham and Midland eye hospital 1828, and hon. surgeon 1835–49, gave £1000 for an annual lecture there 1888; hon. F.R.C.S. 1843; a founder of the blind asylum at Edgbaston 1848 which he endowed with £2000 in 1889; founded a prize for an essay on improvements in ophthalmic medicine and surgery, to be awarded by British Medical assoc. 1877; author of A treatise on diseases of the eye and its appendages 2 vols. 1835. d. The Limes, Bristol road, Birmingham 1 March 1891. Lancet 7 March 1891 p. 579.
MIDDLEMORE, William (brother of the preceding). b. 1802; leather merchant Birmingham and a government contractor, retired; a town councillor of Birmingham 1839; gave and laid out a recreation ground of four acres in the centre of the town; a benefactor to the Baptist cause; gave £500 towards price of Aston hall and park 1863; a liberal donor to the school of art 1844 and to the art gallery; chairman of Birmingham wagon co. d. 38 Elvetham road, Birmingham 15 Jany. 1887.
MIDDLETON, Sir Henry Willoughby, 8 Baron (1 son of Henry Willoughby, M.P. 1780–1849). b. Apsley hall, Notts. 28 Aug. 1817; ed. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb.; succeeded his cousin as 8 baron 5 Nov. 1856; capt. South Notts. yeomanry cavalry 1861; hon. col. 1 brigade East Riding artillery volunteers 1862; bought the Middleton pack from sir Tatton Sykes 1853, hunted 5 days a week at his sole expense to 1860, spending £20,000, a guarantee fund of £2,000 was raised in 1860, master of the hounds to his death; presented with a testimonial and his portrait by Henry T. Wells, R.A. Dec. 1877; bought the parish of West Bruton, Notts. 941 acres March 1857. d. Settrington house, Birdsall, Yorks. 20 Dec. 1877. Times 21 Dec. 1877 p. 3; Baily’s Mag. x 269–71 (1865), portrait.
MIDDLETON, Charles. b. 1787; ensign 1 foot 19 Sep. 1804; captain 22 light dragoons 25 Feb. 1810, placed on h.p. 25 Sep. 1820; captain 2 dragoon guards 10 Jany. 1822; lieut.-col. 3 dragoons 3 Dec. 1841 to 11 Nov. 1851; commandant of cavalry depot, Maidstone 1 Jany. 1842 to 11 Nov. 1851; major 72 foot 16 June 1825, placed on h.p. 19 Nov. 1825; M.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. Rockey hill terrace, Maidstone 23 Oct. 1854. G.M. xliii 84 (1855).
MIDDLETON, Sir George Nathaniel Broke, 3 Baronet (4 son of sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke 1776–1841, 1 Baronet). b. Plymouth 26 April 1812; ed. at Charterhouse 1821 etc.; entered R.N. 16 Aug. 1825; captain 18 Dec. 1845; commander of the Gladiator 1854; at attack on Bomarsund, then in the Black Sea 1854–5; C.B. 5 July 1855; succeeded his brother as 3 baronet 24 Feb. 1855; assumed name of Middleton by r.l. 17 July 1860; sheriff of Suffolk 1864; admiral 22 Jany. 1877; rode to hounds when over seventy; a liberal supporter of Suffolk sports. d. Shrublands near Ipswich 14 Jany. 1887. Baily’s Mag. xlvii 129 (1887).
MIDDLETON, John. b. Norwich 1827; landscape painter at Norwich; his landscapes were noted for their effective rendering of the seasons of the year; exhibited 14 landscapes at R.A. and 15 at B.I. 1847–55. d. of consumption at Surrey st. Norwich 11 Nov. 1856.
MIDDLETON, John George. b. 1817; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1840, LL.B. 1844, LL.D. 1849; member of college of doctors of the law 2 Nov. 1849; steward of doctors’ commons 1860 to death; reported in the Court of probate and divorce, his reports are comprised in The Law Reports, Courts of probate and divorce vols. 1–3 (1869–75) and Probate division vols. 1–3 (1876–8). d. Marine lodge, Southend 6 March 1878. Solicitors’ Journal, xxii 394 (1878).