Person:Charles Middleton (8)

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Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
b.14 Oct 1726
d.17 Jun 1813
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  • H.  Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham1726 - 1813
  • W.  Margaret (add)
  1. Diana Middleton, 2nd Baroness Barham1762 - 1823
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Name Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Oct 1726
Marriage to Margaret (add)
Death[1] 17 Jun 1813
Reference Number? Q1617371?


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Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, PC (14 October 172617 June 1813) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the Seven Years' War. Middleton was given command of a guardship at the Nore, a Royal Navy anchorage in the Thames Estuary, at the start of the American War of Independence, and was subsequently appointed Comptroller of the Navy. He went on to be First Naval Lord and then First Lord of the Admiralty. Middleton also played a crucial role in the abolition of the slave trade.

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