George Middlemore | |
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Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | |
In office 1836 –6 January 1842 | |
Preceded by | Charles Dallas |
Succeeded by | Hamelin Trelawny |
Lieutenant Governor of Grenada | |
In office 1833–1835 | |
Preceded by | James Campbell |
Succeeded by | John Hastings Mair |
Personal details | |
Died | 18 November 1850 Royal Tunbridge Wells,England |
Spouse | Phillis Sophia Lobb |
Children | Six,including Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Middlemore |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1793–1850 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands | 48th Regiment of Foot Inspecting Field Officer,Nottingham |
Battles/wars | |
Lieutenant-General George Middlemore CB (died 18 November 1850, Tunbridge Wells) was a British Army officer and the first Governor of Saint Helena.
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]
Middlemore married Phillis Sophia Lobb (died 15 July 1854, Southborough). They had 6 children: [2]
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