Lieutenant-General George Middlemore (died 18 November 1850,

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) was a British Army officer and the first

Governor of Saint Helena The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the official advice of His Majesty ...

. Originally commissioned in the

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, he rose to command the 48th Regiment of Foot during the

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. 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

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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.

Personal life

Middlemore married Phillis Sophia Lobb (died 15 July 1854, Southborough). They had 6 children: #Grace Phyllis (died 1892) #Robert Frederick Middlemore (died 18 October 1896, Thorngrove)Phillimore and Carter, p. 145 #Helen Catherine #Jemina Honor (died 1887) #Mary Douglas (died 18 August 1853,

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) #Catherine Sophia

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