MIDDLETON, John William (son of Wm. Middleton, solicitor, d. 1885). b. Leeds 1838; solicitor at Leeds 1860 to death; a founder of Leeds and county conservative club; vice president of Incorporated law society, Leeds 1881, president 1882 and 1883; member of council of Incorporated law society of the United Kingdom 1883 to death. d. Fairfield, Far Headingley near Leeds 16 July 1887. bur. Chapel Allerton ch. near Leeds 19 July. Law Times 6 Aug. 1887 p. 266.
MIDDLETON, Joseph (younger son of Joseph Middleton of Grove house near Leeds). b. 28 March 1818; pupil of Thomas Chitty; barrister M.T. 9 June 1843; went northern circuit; recorder of Scarborough, June 1865 to death; author of Hyacinth, a poem and lyrics 1840; Stanhope, a domestic novel 1845; Marmaduke Lorrimer 3 vols. 1850; Love versus law, or marriage with a deceased wife’s sister 3 vols. 1855. d. Gibton grove, Roundhay near Leeds 24 Dec. 1871. Solicitors’ Journal, xvi 162 (1872).
MIDDLETON, William Alexander. Second lieut. R.A. 20 Dec. 1839, colonel 10 Nov. 1868 to death; deputy adjutant general R.A. 1 Oct. 1870 to death; C.B. 26 July 1858. d. on board royal mail steamer Douro, bound for Lisbon 13 April 1875.
MIDDLETON, William George (1 son of George Middleton). b. 1846; cornet 12 lancers 9 May 1865, captain 4 Jany. 1871 to 11 July 1874 when he sold out; extra A.D.C. to lord lieut. of Ireland 1870–4; first whip to the 12th lancers harriers 1865–6 and hunted the drag hounds at Ballincolley, co. Cork 1866–8; rode his first steeple chase at Cork 1867; his horse Lord of the Harem won 29 races; won the Irish grand military cup on Waterford at Punchestown 1873 and 1874; the best rider to hounds since James Mason; acted as pilot across country to the empress of Austria during her 4 hunting visits to England and Ireland 1876 and 1878–80; a cricketer and member of I. Zingari; known as “Bay Middleton”; killed while riding in the Midland sportsman’s cup steeplechase at Herd Hill farm near Kineton, Warwickshire 9 April 1892. bur. Haselbeck, Northamptonshire 14 April. Baily’s Mag. xlv 1–2 (1886) portrait, lvii 350 (1892); Sporting Mirror, v 13 (1883), portrait; I.L.N. 16 April 1892 p. 479, portrait; Illust. sp. and dr. news 23 April 1892 p. 209, portrait.
MIDLETON, William John Brodrick, 7 Viscount (3 son of hon. Charles Brodrick, abp. of Cashel 1761–1822). b. 8 July 1798; ed. at Ball. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; C. of Ashstead, Surrey 1822–25; R. of Castle Rising, Norfolk 1825–39; R. of Bath 1839–54; chaplain in ordinary to the queen 18 June 1847 to death; raised to rank of a viscount’s son by royal warrant 1849; canon of Wells 1855–63; dean of Exeter 2 April 1863 resigned Nov. 1867; succeeded his brother as 7 viscount 2 Dec. 1863; author of Facts and documents, the negotiation between the rector of Bath and the committee of the Weymouth house school. Bath 1840. d. Peper Harow 29 Aug. 1870. I.L.N. lvii 283, 363 (1870); Mayor’s Notabilia of Bath (1879) 197.
MIDWINTER, William. b. Forest of Dean, Gloucs. 19 June 1852; went to Australia; learnt cricket at Bendigo, Victoria; played for Victoria against New South Wales in 9 matches 1875–87; came to England 1877; played for Gloucestershire 1877–81; member of the United South of England eleven; played for English team in Australia 1881–2; played for Australian team in England 1884; lessee of various hotels in Melbourne; went out of his mind 1889. d. Kew asylum near Melbourne 3 Dec. 1890. W. G. Grace’s Cricket (1891) 170, portrait.
MIERS, John (son of a jeweller). b. London 25 Aug. 1789; developed the mineral resources of Chili with lord Cochrane 1819–25; studied botany in England 1825; resided at Buenos Ayres 1826–31 where he erected a mint for the government; an engineer in Rio Janeiro 1831–8 where he also erected a mint for the government; resided in London 1838 to death; F.L.S. 1839, wrote nearly 80 papers in its Transactions, chiefly on South American plants; F.R.S. 9 March 1843; received grand cross of order of Rose of Brazil; Lindley dedicated to him the genus Miersia, a Chilian group of plants; author of Travels in Chili and La Plata 2 vols. 1825; Illustrations of South American plants 2 vols. 1850–7; Contributions to botany 3 vols. 1861–71; On the apocynaceæ of South America 1878; bequeathed his botanical collection to British Museum. d. 84 Addison road, Kensington, London 17 Oct. 1879. Journal of botany (1880) 33–6, portrait; Proc. of Royal Society, xxix 22–3 (1879).
MIGNAN, Robert. Entered Bombay army 1819; lieut. first European regiment 3 May 1820, captain 11 Sep. 1830, major of the right wing 15 Aug. 1847 to death; brevet lieut.-col. 7 June 1849; author of Travels in Chaldæa, including a journey from Bussorah to Bagdad, Hillah and Babylon performed on foot 1829; A winter journey through Russia, the Caucasian Alps and Georgia in Koordistan 2 vols. 1839. d. Poonah 3 June 1852.
MIGNOT, Louis Rémy (son of a confectioner at Baltimore). b. Charleston, South Carolina 1831; studied art in Holland; opened a studio in New York about 1855; painted tropical scenes in South America; associate member of Academy of design 1858, an academician 1859; came to London 1862; exhibited 8 landscapes at R.A. and 10 at B.I. 1863–71; his picture The source of Susquehannah was exhibited at Paris exposition 1867; a collection of his paintings was exhibited in London after his death. d. Brighton, Sep. 1870.
MILANO, John, stage name of John Millingham (son of John Millingham d. 18 Nov. 1874 aged 95). b. 1825; dancer at Grecian saloon, London; harlequin at Sadler’s Wells theatre 7 Dec. 1851, at Surrey Dec. 1852, at Drury Lane Dec. 1853 and Dec. 1854, at Haymarket Dec. 1855 and Dec. 1856, at Drury Lane Dec. 1857, Dec. 1858 and Dec. 1859, at Princess’s Dec. 1862; ballet master and arranger of ballets at many London theatres; wrote with H. T. Arden, Harlequin prince Happy-go-lucky produced at Alhambra palace London 26 Dec. 1871; m. (1) 1849 Thérese Cushnie dancer at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, she d. 22 Aug. 1857; m. (2) Minnie Sidney actress, she d. 9 Feb. 1873. d. 191 Kennington road, London 20 Aug. 1874. bur. Brompton cemet. 24 Aug. Era 23 Aug. 1874 p. 4.