George Middlemore

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

Career

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

Middlemore was appointed deputy quartermaster-general on the staff of the Severn District 1813. In the following year he was first as Inspector ( Staff Officer ) active in Nottingham and later in Cork. On August 12, 1819, he was appointed Colonel. He served as some time on half-pay in the 12th Garrison Battalion. Middlemore 1830 was promoted to major general 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 from 1836 to 1842 Governor of St. Helena. During this time he oversaw the 1840 repatriation of the mortal remains of Napoleon Bonaparte from St. Helena to France and was in 1841 promoted to lieutenant general. After that he was appointed in 1843 to the Governor of the Leeward and Windward Islands.

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