George Middlemore

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George Middlemore CB (* unknown, † 18th November 1850 in Royal Tunbridge Wells , County Kent ) was a British officer, Lieutenant Governor of Grenada and the Governor of St. Helena and the Leeward and Windward Islands .

Career

Opening of Napoleon's tomb on St Helena in 1840

George Middlemore, son of William Richard Middlemore (1731-1772) and Mary Douglas († 1803), daughter of James Douglas from Carlisle, pursued a military career. He joined the 86th Regiment, where he was appointed captain on October 15, 1794 . He was promoted to major on September 14, 1804. At that time, he served in the 48th Regiment. When Napoleon Bonaparte and his troops invaded the Iberian Peninsula , the 48th regiment was among those sent against them. For his services at the Battle of Talavera , where he temporarily led the command of the regiment, he was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel on November 2, 1809 and received the Order of the Bath .

Middlemore was named deputy quartermaster general on the Severn District staff in 1813 . In the following year he worked first as an inspector (staff officer) in Nottingham and later in Cork . On August 12, 1819, he was appointed colonel . For some time he served on half pay in the 12th Garrison Battalion . Middlemore was promoted to major general in 1830 and commanded the troops in the Caribbean . On October 13, 1833, he was appointed lieutenant governor of Grenada, a post he held until 1835. After that he was governor of St. Helena from 1836 to 1842. During this time he oversaw the repatriation of the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte from St. Helena to France in 1840 and was promoted to lieutenant general in 1841 . He was then appointed governor of the Leeward and Windward Islands in 1843.

George Middlemore was married to Phillis Sophia Lobb († 1854). The couple had six children together.

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SURNAME Middlemore, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of St. Helena and the Leeward and Windward Islands
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1850
Place of death Royal Tunbridge Wells , Kent