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Henry Middleton (September 28, 1770 – June 14, 1846) was an American planter and political leader from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the 43rd Governor of South Carolina (1810–1812), and represented South Carolina in the U. S. Congress (1815–1819).

Life

Middleton served as Minister to Russia (1820–1830), being sent there in the first instance to replace George Washington Campbell, so as to look after interests in the discussions preparatory to arbitration by Czar Alexander I on the question of compensation under Article 1 of the Treaty of Ghent as regards enslaved Americans who went away with the British during and after the War of 1812.[1]

His summer home at Greenville from 1813 to 1820, known as Whitehall, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[2] He and his family also spent some of their summer in Newport, RI staying at Stone Villa (demolished in 1957).

Family

His father (Arthur Middleton) and his grandfather (Henry Middleton) had both served in the Continental Congress. Williams Middleton was his son. He had 14 children with wife Mary Helen Hering, daughter of Julines Hering (1732–1797), a planter on Jamaica:[3] ten of their children lived into adulthood, including his youngest son Edward Middleton.

References

  1. ^ Harold E. Berquist, Jr (1981): Henry Middleton and the Arbitrament of the Anglo-American Slave Controversy by Tsar Alexander I, The South Carolina Historical Magazine Vol. 82, No. 1 (Jan. 1981), pp. 20-31
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "Summary of Individual Sir John Peniston Milbanke 7th Bart. 20th Aug 1775 – 1850, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk.

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Political offices
Preceded by Governor of South Carolina
1810–1812
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st congressional district

1815–1819
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by U.S. Minister to Russia
1821–1830
Succeeded by
John Randolph
(did not present credentials)


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