Lieutenant-General George Middlemore CB (died 18 November 1850, Tunbridge Wells) was a British Army officer and the first Governor of Saint Helena.

George Middlemore
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
In office
1836 – 6 January 1842
Preceded byCharles Dallas
Succeeded byHamelin Trelawny
Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
In office
1833–1835
Preceded byJames Campbell
Succeeded byJohn Hastings Mair
Personal details
Died18 November 1850
Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
SpousePhillis Sophia Lobb
ChildrenSix, including Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Middlemore
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1793–1850
RankLieutenant-General
Commands48th Regiment of Foot
Inspecting Field Officer, Nottingham
Battles/wars

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

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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

References

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  1. ^ Jackson, E.L (1905). St. Helena:The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date. Thomas Whittaker. p. 295.
  2. ^ Phillimore, William; Carter, William (1901). Some Account of the Family of Middlemore, of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Private circulation, and issued. p. 144.
  3. ^ Phillimore and Carter, p. 145
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Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Saint Helena
1836–1842
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the 76th Regiment of Foot
1843
Succeeded by
Preceded by Colonel of the 48th Regiment of Foot
1843–1850
Succeeded by