The Middlemores of Grantham

Figure 23  Key Pedigree H.  The Middlemores of Grantham

ITH Lincolnshire two separate lines of Middlemore have been closely associated, the one, that with which this chapter is concerned, was a cadet branch of Haselwell, and settled at Grantham, the other, which was associated with Barton-on-Humber, was an offshoot of the Hawkesley Middlemores.  Both these families are now extinct in the male line, the last descendant of the Grantham Middlemores being Col. R. F. Middlemore, who died in 1896 at the age of eighty. The stock father of this family was George Middlemore, a Russian merchant, a younger son of George Middlemore (21), of Haselwell, and Frances Stanford. His son, Richard Middlemore, a barrister who seems to have been an able and prosperous man, settled ultimately at Grantham, evidently induced to do so by reason of his family connections, and the Middlemore family continued to be associated with Grantham for three generations; a house in Grantham, doubtless their residence, is still known as Middlemore House. Afterwards the then head of this line, William Richard Middlemore, settled in the town of Nottingham, where he was a solicitor and banker.  It may be noted that this line

of Middlemore conformed to the English church.  A later descendant of this branch, General George Middlemore, nephew of William Richard Middlemore of Nottingham, was a distinguished officer, of whom a record is to be found in the Dictionary of National Biography. His only son was Colonel
R. F. Middlemore, before referred to. With George Middlemore, the Russian merchant, we accordingly commence the pedigree.

29. George Middlemore, of London, merchant [son of George Middlemore (21), of Haselwell, and Frances Stanford], was baptized at King's Norton, 10 June, 1612, He was apprenticed to Daniel Dobbins, of London, a merchant trading with Russia; this would be about 1626 when he was aged fourteen, only two years after, in 1628, at the early age of sixteen, Dobbins sent him into Russia as hi^, factor to deal for him. After being there seven years he came back and gave an account of all his moneys with which Dobbins was highly satisfied, signed his release as apprentice and suggested that he should become partner With him and other merchants, which accordingly he did, and became the manager of the Russian business.  If it be literally true that a a mere lad of sixteen he was entrusted with his master's foreign business it says much for his mercantile capacity, for obviously, in the early part of the seventeenth century, he would have to rely upon his own judgment to a far greater extent than would be needful at the present day.  It is allowable to suspect that Middlemore somewhat exaggerate the importance of his early position in Russia.

Years afterward disputes arose between the partners whicl resulted in a Chancery suit between them. Middlemore' bill, giving the particulars which have just been detailed, is dated 27 January, 1647, but Dobbins's reply is not extant Another trade dispute with John Heath, of Russia, mer chant, in 1646, shows that Middlemore dealt in sable skins He seems to have lived in St. James's, London, but died near Hillingdon Magna, Middlesex, in 1666, aged about fifty four; letters of administration were granted to his widow
Mary, 24 February, 1666, and on 25 February, 1671, letters de honis non were issued to his daughter Alice Middlemore. He married Mary, daughter of John Sherard, of Lopthorpe, co. Leicester, by Elizabeth Brownlow, his wife.  She survived her husband, and settled at Oaking [i.e. Woking], Surrey, but died before 25 February, 1671, when letters of administration were granted to her daughter, Alice Middlemore, who at the same time took out letters of administration to her father's estate.

George Middlemore and Mary Sherard had issue:

i. George Middlemore, "died without issue."

ii. John Middlemore,         dyd of Melancholy, a Batchellor."

iii. Richard Middlemore, of whom next (28).

iv. Elizabeth, married . . . . Lamb, "a goldsmith," and had two daughters:

1. Elizabeth.

2. Sarah.[1]

v. Alice, who administered to her father's effects in 1668, her brother being then under age, and was daughter and "next heir" of Mary Middlemore, of Oaking, Surrey, married John Lloyd, "a merchant," by licence from the Faculty office dated 20 September, 1675.

vi. Mary, married Allen Cliffe[2]^, he aged twenty-three, of St. Catherine Cree Church, linen-draper, son of Alderman Humphrey Cliffe, within Aldgate, by licence dated 28 September, 1667; she, aged eighteen, daughter of Mary Middlemore, of St. James's, London, widow. Mary and Allen Cliffe had issue

1. Allen Cliffe.

2. Humphrey Cliffe married Mary. 3. Grace.

4. Elizabeth, married John Vernon, who had issue: John, Allen, Thomas, Richard, Mary.

5, Alice

6. Lettice.

30. Richard Middlemore, of Grantham, esquire, was born about 1658, "once a filacer[3]  in the Common Pleas," and admitted to the
 Inner Temple as " of Grantham, gentleman," 23 June, 1677, being called to the bar, 31 May, 1685. There are many legal proceedings in which he was concerned, but it cannot be said that they exhibit him in a very favourable light.

In 1687 he, then being "of the Inner Temple, gent.," with Andrew Card, of Gray's Inn, gent., bought for £480 10s., from the Davenant family, a licence to sell oranges, lemons, and all kinds of fruit and confects in the theatre in Dorset Garden and the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

One curious Chancery suit in which he was concerned is of interest as showing that barristers in the seventeenth century took commissions from attorneys for introducing clients to them. Patrick Shore, an attorney at law at Sleaford in Lincolnshire, in 1688 gave Richard Middlemore £100 "for his endeavours in procuring Sir John Brownlow, Bart., then High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, his kinsman, to employ Shore in his law business." Shore, it would seem, alleged that the money was only lent to Middlemore, and evidently succeeded in his contention in the fruitless proceedings which Middlemore instituted, who, not discouraged, a few months later, November, 1692, filed a fresh bill against Shore, alleging that he had since discovered that Shore had for seven years been Under Sheriff of Lincolnshire and had by way of presents and gratuities given much larger sums than £100 to persons who had procured that office for him.

In 1696 there were disputes respecting a rent issuing out of a theatre in Dorset Garden. One Alexander Davenant sold in 1691, to Roman Russell, of St. Paul, Covent Garden this rent, amounting to 19s. 7d. every day that a tragedy, comedy, farce, opera or public representation was given in the theatre. Davenant absconded, and Middlemore, who had been employed in many of his affairs and had lent him money, alleging that he had purchased it from Davenant for £1,200, ordered the treasurer of the theatre not to pay this rent to Russell, who asked for an injunction against Middlemore.

In 1702 Sir John Brownlow, Bart., an infant, sued Middlemore, alleging that the late baronet had conveyed the manor of Brewton and other premises to Richard Middlemore and other trustees, but that Middlemore pretended, notwithstanding, a title to some of the premises in his own right, and at other times as trustee for others.

In 1704William Oldys, LL.D. the vicar-general of Lincoln, sued Richard Middlemore, esquire, and Richard Sleeford and his wife.  The
 dispute apparently was in regard to fees in the bishop's registry, which Middlemore and Sleeford had held for some years.

The Middlemores became possessed of the manor of Somerby in Lincolnshire; this had been mortgaged to Richard Middlemore by Charles Bawdes, of Somerby who was his wife's trustee, and Edward Clent, of Knightwick, Worcestershire, as security for £2,400,and Middlemore filed his bill against them in 1718 ; as a result he seems to have entered into possession, for three years later, September, 1721, we find an affidavit by Edward Bacon, of Grantham, gentleman, who states that he had been employed by Middlemore for the last three years to collect the rents of the mortgaged premises which were of the yearly value of £199  8s. 6d. His will shows that he ultimately became possessed of Somerby, which descended to his son.

He was a trustee of the manor and advowson of Careby in Lincolnshire, which in 1725 he conveyed, in pursuance of a decree made in 1720, to Thomas Payne, of Houghton on the hill, esquire.

He was, besides being a barrister, a notary public, and in 1707 was, with Roger Aldey, appointed Register of the Archdeaconry of Lincoln.

Besides being a trustee for the Brownlow family he was also one of the trustees of the Duke of Ancaster.

He died 1 June, 1726, in his sixty-ninth year, and was buried in Grantham church, 2 June, 1726. A slab in the nave marks his grave and a handsome tablet to his wife's memory is in the north aisle.  Upon this he is described as ^" son of George Middlemore, of London, merchant, one of the sons of George Middlemore, of Haselwell Hall, Esquire."

He himself is commemorated on a brass plate in the centre of the nave at Grantham.

His will was made 31 May, 1726, as Richard Middlemore, of Grantham, esquire; to his nieces, Elizabeth and Sarah Lamb, £20 each, and he for'' gives Sarah the £300 he lent her; his daughter King, the great silver salver, which was her mother's, and the sugar dish and spoon with the mitre on
them, which were her great grandfather Sanderson's; to his son-in-law Neville King and his wife, 450, "for mourning," on condition that they disclaim all rights in his estate except underthis will, as he has already paid her marriage portion of £3,000; to his son Richard Middlemore, the two lesser salvers and set of casters with King William's arms upon them; to Jane, wife of Mr. Bozley, servant to his first dear wife, 45 and legacies to other servants; recites settlement on marriage with Frances his last dear wife, by which £1,500 should be applied for the benefit of their younger children, and having laid out £800 on advancement of Richard Middlemore, his only younger child, he directs that £300 of the £800 shall form part of the balance of £1,200 to be paid out of his personalty; to said Richard a gold watch, diamond ring and gold seal; to his son, John F. R. Middlemore, he devised his lands and tenements in Grantham in tenure of son-in-law, Neville King, subject to Neville King and wife continuing to hold them for life at rent of 420; to the poor of Grantham, 45 ; to his poor tenants in Somerby, 410; residue to J. F. R. Middlemore; his two sons joint executors.  Any dispute concerning the will to be settled by John, Lord Viscount Tyrconnell.  Proved 14 December, 1726, by both executors. Administration de bond non, 26 October, 1776, to David Webb, adminis­trator of the goods, with will annexed, of John Middlemore, otherwise J. F. R. Middlemore, surviving executor.

His town residence appears to have been in Bow Street. He married twice.  His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Sanderson, M.D., of Grantham, eldest son of the ^" Loyal and learned casuist," the Right Rev. Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln; she was married about 1683, and died 29 March, 1701, in her forty-third year, after " eighteen years of happy wedlock; " buried at Grantham in the nave, 2 April following.

Richard Middlemore  [4]and Elizabeth Sanderson had issue:

i.  Mary, who married at Gray's Inn Chapel, London, 12 April, 1717, Neville King, of Ashby de la Laund, esquire, who died before 1753 ; she died at Grantham, and was buried
at Ashby de la Laund, 25 October 1763.  In 1753, being then resident, a widow, at Grantham, she conveyed premises in Martin and Timberland, Lincolnshire, to John Middlemore, upon trust, to provide a proper person to teach the children of Martin to read and write.

They also had

five sons and three daughters, who died young-perhaps Alice Middlemore, buried at Grantham, 10 December 1691, was one of them.

Mr. Middlemore married, before 1705, (2)Frances, daughter of Armstrong Gregory, esquire; she was buried 10 December, 1709, at Grantham. She and her husband, in 1705, sued Charles Bawdes, of Somerby, to recover £1,500 which he owed her as her guardian and trustee.  Apparently Bawdes, as mentioned above, was obliged to charge his property at Somerby to secure this.

They had issue:

31.    i. John Francis Richard Middlemore[5], otherwise John Middlemore, ofSomerby Hall, esquire, was baptized at Boston, 112 February, 1703-4, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1720, called to the bar 25 June, 1726; became esquire  to his kinsman, Earl Tyrconnell, and his armorial achievement is amongst the Stalls of the Knights of the Bath in Westminster Abbey with his name inscribed, Jean Francois Richard Middlemore. Of this we give a sketch below. It will be noticed that the arms appear as three moorcocks counterchanged, but the third is doubtless an unauthorized addition by the engraver.  What was doubtless his bookplate faces p. 158.

 

He succeeded to his father's estates in Grantham andSomerby, and died abroad, about 1770[1]. He was cousin of Sir Brownlow Sherard, bart., who in 1737 devised to him the manor of Wickenby, in Lincolnshire, and his house in Cork Street, Burlington Gardens, and appointed him his executor,  The manor of Wickenby originally belonged to Francis, Lord Hailford, and was sold in 1718 to Sir John Sherard, bart., brother of Sir Brownlow,  His will, dated 28 July, 1768, as John Middlemore, of Grantham, esquire, was proved in London, 10May, 1770, by his nephew, the Rev. J. R. Middlemore, who did not long survive him. Further administration was granted 15 March, 1773, to Mary Middlemore, widow, and David Webb, the adminis­trators of the Rev. J. R. Middlemore.  He devised estates at Somerby to his eldest nephew, William Richard Middlemore, of Carlisle, and the property to be settled as part was by his father, Richard Middlemore; to John King, his wife and children, £20;to Richard Welby, his wife and children £20;his second and youngest nephew, John Richard Middlemore, clerk, residuary legatee and sole executor.

In 1762, the Clothworkers' Company paid him the compliment of electing him a member by reason of his presumed kinship to Samuel Middlemore and John Middlemore their . benefactors,  As to this, see p. 86 ante.

ii. Armstrong Richard Middlemore, baptized as Richard only, 20 May, 1705, at Grantham, and buried there 15 April, 1706.

iii. Brownlow Richard Middlemore, baptized at Grantham, 27 October, 1707, and buried there q February, 1707-8.

iv. Richard Middlemore, of whom next (32).

v. Sherard Richard Middlemore, buried at Grantham, 6 May, 1712.,

 32. Richard Middlemore, of the Six Clerks' Office in 1726, was admitted to the Inner Temple, 30 May, 1720, as second son of Richard Middlemore, esquire; legatee in 1734, being then of New Court, Chancery Lane, of his cousin, Sir Brownlow Sherard, of Lopthorpe, bart. ; died, probably, before 1768, not being named in his brother's will. By his parents' marriage settlement £1,500 was to be expended upon the youngest son, and his father recited in his will that he had expended upon him £800, of which £300 was to be part of this £1,500, leaving him a legacy of £1,200 ; he also gave him a gold watch, diamond ring, and gold seal.

He is evidently the Richard Middlemore who was writer of an interesting manuscript, lately in the possession of Colonel Middlemore, of Thorngrove.  It is a careful itinerary of four journeys taken by him, chiefly on horseback in 1760, 1761, 1762, 1764, and is interspersed with much interesting informa­tion about the places through which he passed, the character of the inhabitants, the style of the buildings and the appearance of gentlemen's halls, parks and gardens. His allusions to architecture, pictures, sculpture, scenery and antiquities, show that Richard Middlemore was a man of taste and refinement, while his remarks on the trades, agriculture and local
 government, of places through which he passed prove him to have been possessed of sound judgment and much natural shrewdness.

In his first tour, 1760, he covered 918 miles, starting from Grantham, thence by Chesterfield across Derbyshire to Manchester and Liverpool. Then through the Lake District and along Annandale to Glasgow. Thence to Inverary, returning by Stirling, Edinburgh, Berwick-on-Tweed, Durham, York and Newark to Grantham, having been out eight weeks and one day.

In his next tour, he travelled through Leicester, Birmingham, Warwick, and Oxford, to Bath and Bristol, and went as far west as Plymouth. Returning by Salisbury and Winchester, and through London, he tells us that he then went to Sir Mathew Lamb's, at Brockett Hall, ^" where my uncle and aunt were: this is near Hatfeild about twenty-two miles from London.  It is an exceeding pretty place, the house is a very good one, and the ground about it laid out in a very elegant taste. Left Brockett Hall the 25th, and got to Grantham the 27th, having been out eleven weeks and one day."

In 1762 he travelled in Wales; this time covering 1,087 miles, and again staying on his return journey at Brockett Hall, " and then went forward for Lincolnshire-stop'd at Bugden for Institution for the Living of Willesford."

In 1764 he calls his journey "The Norfolk Tour," and this time started from Aswarby in the company of four friends, one of whom, a Miss Bell, seems to have been an accomplished organist. At the end of his journey, having ^" knocked up " his horses, he took a chaise at Spalding, "and by the time I got to Dunnington the chaise horses quite tir'd and no fresh ones to be had after walking half the way in the dark and breaking the harness all to pieces, I got to Aswarby between 11 and 12."

 

 

                                          

Figure 24  Bookplates of John Middlemore, W.R. Middlemore, and W.R. Middlemore

Richard Middlemore married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of William Brydges[6]of the Middle Temple, serjeant-at-law, by Susan, daughter of Edward Noel.

Richard Middlemore and Elizabeth Brydges had issue:.

i. William Richard Middlemore, of whom next (33).

ii. John Richard Middlemore, of Grantham, clerk in holy orders, B.A., Clare College, Cambridge 1760, M.A. 1763. He died a bachelor, and administration was granted to his brother, W. R. Middlemore, the only next of kin, 31 May, 1771. Further letters of administration were issued, 15 March, 1773, to Mary Middlemore, widow, and David Webb, executors of W. R. Middlemore.

The Middlemore Bookplates.-Four bookplates are known to exist, which seem to have belonged to the Grantham Middlemores. The first, "John Middlemore, Esquire," is probably that of John F. R. Middlemore (31). Two others, of identical design and indeed from the same copper-plate, are inscribed "W. R. Middlemore" and "W. R. Middlemore" and may be assigned to the two sons of Richard Middlemore (30).  One of these is shown in facsimile inthe plate opposite. The last one reproduced, "W. R. Middlemore," is a coarse copy of the first W. R. Middlemore plate and may have been executed for Mr. W. R. Middlemore (33), the Nottingham banker.

33. William Richard Middlemore, of Grantha and of Somerby Hall, esquire, born about 1731, apparently
adopted a military career, as he was appointed Barrack Master in the Isle of Man, i January, 1766; he was of Carlisle at the time of his uncle's will, 1768. He died 7 March, 1772, and was buried in Grantham Church, m. i.

"Here lies interred the body Of WILLIAM RICHARD MIDDLEMORE, late of Somerby Hall in this county, Esq., who departed this Life the 7th of March, 1772, in the 42nd year of his age. In memory of whom this monument was erected by his disconsolate Widow: He was Nephew and heir at law of JOHN MIDDLEMORE, Esq., late of Somerby Hall, aforesaid, who died abroad."

Will, as William Richard Middlemore, of Grantham, esquire, 18 April, 1771, was proved on 3 March, 1772, by the two executors, his widow, Mary Middlemore, and David Webb, of Budge Row, London.  To his wife an annuity of £400and his dwelling-house at Grantham.  After her death that and all his real estate was to descend to his eldest son, John Middlemore, subject to legacies.  To son William, £1,500 to his son George, £1,500 ; to his daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Helena, Jane and Catherine, £1,000 each; to David Webb, £100.

He married Mary, second daughter and co-heir of James Douglas, M.D., of Carlisle, third son of Sir William Douglas, bart., of Kilhead. She survived her husband and remarried (as his first wife) John Storer, M.D., F.R.S., a distinguished physician at Nottingham, whose full-length portrait is to be seen in Bromley House Library, Nottingham.  She died 19 July, 1803, and was buried at Grantham.  Dr. Storer, who was of Scotch descent, died 17 September, 1837, aged ninety. By her second husband she left issue, viz., the Rev. John Storer, M.A., rector of Hawkesworth, Notts, one of whose sons, the late George Storer, of Thoroton Hall, was for many years M.P. for South Notts.

W. R. Middlemore and Mary Douglas had issue three sons and five daughters

i. John Middlemore.    In February, 1776, being then an infant aged thirteen years, and described as "of Grantham," he was made plaintiff with his father's executors against Henry Doughty, of James Street, Westminster, to recover a rent charge upon premises in Snarford. According to the parchment pedigree he married and had a daughter, but nothing more is known of him.           The printed Law List for 1790 gives the name of John Middlemore as an attorney at Nottingham, but we have been unable to trace the admission of any one of his name about that period.

34.    ii. William Richard Middlemoreof Lenton, near Nottingham, was a solicitor and banker in that town in partnership with Francis Evans, esquire; he was born about the year 1767, and died suddenly at Lenton, 6 October, 1815, aged forty-eight, two days after the death of his partner ; his m. i. is on a tablet in the chancel at Orston.

" In a vault near this place is deposited the body of WILLIAM RICHARD MIDDLEMORE, Esq., 2nd son of W. R. Middlemore, Esq.., late of Grantham in the County of Lincoln. After a short illness of 3o hours, previous to which he appeared in perfe& health, he died on the 6th day of Octobey, 1815, aged 48.  Behold an Instance of the Instability of Human Enjoyments, learn hence an important lesson, seek your Saviour while it is called to-day, tomorrow may not be yours. This monument was erected by his widow, Susanna, Daughter of John Mathews, Esq., of Tynemouth, Northumberland, by whom he left no issue."

The adjoining monument to Mrs. Middlemore is of similar style.

He was admitted a solicitor and attorney in November, 1787.  His firm was at first Evans and Middlemore, and later Evans, Middlemore and Piercy.  The legal business, afterwards Percy, Goodall and Brown, is still carried on by Mr. J. T. Brown, the surviving partner, while the banking business is represented by Moore and Robinson's Bank, He married Susanna, daughter of John Mathews, of Tynemouth, Northumberland, esquire, but left no issue.

After her husband's death she resided at Orston Hall, about fourteen miles from Nottingham, and not far from Hawkesworth where the Storers were settled. She died at Orston, 28 August, 1849, aged seventy-four, and was buried there ; m. i. in the chancel.  Her benevolence still remains a tradition in the village of Orston. The organ in the chancel there bears an inscription stating that it was given by Mrs. Middlemore.  From her will it appears that she was possessed of real estate in Orston, Thoroton, Hawkesworth, and Mansfield, the proceeds of which, after payment of legacies, were distributed amongst the five children of George Middlemore.

iii. George Middlemore, of whom next (35).

iv. Elizabeth.       Perhaps the Miss Middlemore who died at Nottingham "after a long and painful illness," in January,1806.

v. Mary, married at St. Mary's, Nottingham, 4 January, 1798, the Rev. Richard Wolseley, of Milmont, County Down, Ireland.

vi. Helen.

vii. Jane. viii. Catherine.

35. George Middlemore, C.B., a distinguished officer in the army and Governor of St. Helena. He died at Tunbridge Wells, 18 November, 1850.

General Middlemore[7]entered the army in 1792, as ensign in the 48th

Figure 25  Signature of General George Middlemore

 Regt., General Cuyler's " Shropshire Volunteers."  He afterwards servedas a commandant of a company of the same regiment under Lord Hood, ading as "marines " on board the "Brunswick," and similarly under Lord Duncan in the North Sea.  In 1799, he sailed with his regiment for the East Indies, and just missed being present at the capture of Seringapatam, when Tippoo Sultan fell, though his obituary in the " Gentleman's Magazine " states erroneously that he took part in it.  After serving at Bombay and Ceylon, he went to Egypt under Sir David Baird.  Subsequently he returned to India, and was on Sir David Baird's staff in the Mahratta war, of whose discipline he spoke very highly.  With Sir David in 1804 he returned to Europe, going to Gibraltar, being made a major 14 September in that year, and remained there till 1809 and then went with his regiment to Spain, and was at the battle of Talavera when the command of his regiment, through Col. Donellan being mortally wounded, chiefly devolved on him during its advance to the relief of the Guards, which tended so much to success. It was then that his regiment gained its badge the "Coldstream Star."  He was highly spoken of by Wellington in his despatches, and by him recommended for promotion.  He obtained the rank of lieutenant-colonel and was made C.B., 4 June, 18 15.  Long residence in so many different lands affected his health, and he was invalided home in 1813.  He was appointed assistant quartermaster-general in 1813 ; and in 1814 became inspecting field-officer at Nottingham, where his brother lived, and afterwards at Cork.  He attained the rank of colonel in 1819, and after having been for some time on half-pay, being attached to the 12th Garrison Battalion, he was promoted as major-general in 1830, and commanded the troops in the West Indies, being appointed lieutenant governor of the Island of Granada, 13 October, 1833, and in 1835 he went to St. Helena
as its governor, and superintended the removal to France of the remains of Napoleon, in 1840.  In 1843 he became colonel of the 76th Regiment, but in the same year changed to the 48th.  He attained the rank of lieutenant-general in 1841, and in 1843, he was appointed governor of the Windward and Leeward Islands.  The Duke of Wellington wrote of him in his despatches, "he is an excellent officer, and if his conduct did not demand promotion, his good conduct and attention to his duty would warrant it.  "A notice of General Middlemore appeared in the "Dictionary of National Biography."

He married Phillis Sophia Lobb, who died at Southborough, 15 July, 1854. Her will was proved in the P.C.C. 1855.  General Middlemore and Phillis Sophia Lobb had issue[8]:

 

i. Grace Phyllis, died in 1892, unmarried, aged seventy-eight.

ii. Robert Frederick Middlemore, of whom next (36).

iii. Helen Catherine, married at Tunbridge Wells, 18 April, 1854, the Rev. Gorges Richard Dallas Walsh, of Southborough, M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, deacon 1852, and priest, 1853, afterwards domestic chaplain to the Dowager Countess Vivian.    Settlement dated 17 April, 1854.

iv. Jemima Honor, died in 1887, unmarried, aged_. sixty-eight.

v. Mary Douglas, died at Hastings, 18 August, 1853, unmarried.

vi. Catherine Sophia, married at St. George's, Worcester, 12 June, 1863, Captain Robert Henry Crampton, 2nd Queen's Dragoon Guards, who entered the army in 1847; son of the Rev. Cecil Crampton, of Killucan, Ireland.

36. Robert Frederick Middlemore, of Thorngrove, Grimley, near Worcester, representative of the Grantham line of Middlemore, entered the army 1834, becoming Captain, 13 January, 1847, and ultimately Colonel of the
91st Regiment.  He married at Grimley, near Worcester, 13 June, 1865, Eliza Maria, one of the two daughters and co-heirs of John Chadburn, who practised as a solicitor at Gloucester from 1811 to 1839.  Mrs. Middlemore, who died at Thorngrove, 30 December, 1897, aged eighty-two, was three times married, viz. (i) to Edwin Shelton, of Thorngrove, esquire, and (2), as his second wife, to Samuel Baker, esquire, who was father of the well-known explorer, Sir Samuel Baker, and (3) to Colonel Middlemore, but she left no issue. Thorngrove is a residence of some interest from the fact that here lived, when " in captivity," Prince Lucien Bonaparte, while here his son, Louis Lucien, was born.  It is now the property of Mrs. Middlemore's niece, Mrs. Lee Williams.

 

Figure 26  Signature of Colonel R.F. Middlemore

Colonel Middlemore, who was a J.P. for Worcestershire died; 18 October, 1896, at Thorngrove, aged eighty; but left no issue, and with him the male line of the Middlemores of Grantham appears to have come to an end.