Sir Arthur Edward Middleton, M.P., 7th Baronet (12 January 1838 – 1 April 1933) was a British
MP for the
City of Durham.
He was born Arthur Edward Monck.
His father was Charles Atticus Monck (1805–1856), son of Sir Charles Monck, 6th Baronet of
Belsay Castle,
Northumberland. His mother was Laura, daughter of
Sir Matthew White Ridley
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley, (25 July 1842 – 28 November 1904), known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, from 1877 to 1900, was a British Conservative statesman. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900.
Bac ...
(1778–1836) 3rd Baronet of
Blagdon Hall, Northumberland. He attended
Rugby School and matriculated at
Trinity College, Cambridge in 1856. He received his B.A. in 1860 and was admitted to the
Inner Temple on 5 April of the same year.
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He succeeded to the
Baronetcy of Belsay Castle on the death of his grandfather on 20 July 1867. He rebuilt the 1614 manor house and restored the pele tower with the help of architect
Charles John Ferguson
Charles John Ferguson (usually known as C. J. Ferguson) (1840 – 1 December 1904) was an English architect who practised mainly in Carlisle, Cumbria. He was the younger son of Joseph Ferguson of Carlisle, and was articled to the architect and ...
. His grandfather had changed his name from Middleton to Monck in 1799, and on 12 February 1876 the 7th Baronet and his brothers changed their name from Monck back to Middleton.
Middleton and
Farrer Herschell
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, (2 November 1837 – 1 March 1899), was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1886, and again from 1892 to 1895.
Life
Childhood and education
Herschell was born on 2 November 1837 in Brampton, Hamps ...
were recruited to run for the
Liberal Party after the
1874 general election in the City of Durham was voided on petition. He was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament at the
1874 by-election. He retired from the
House of Commons at the
1880 general election.
He later served as
High Sheriff of Northumberland for 1884.
On 8 November 1871, he married Lady Constance Harriet Amherst, daughter of
William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst. Middleton outlived his eldest son Gilbert (b. 1873) and was succeeded by his son Sir Charles Middleton, 8th Baronet (1874–1942). He was the author of ''An Account of Belsay Castle in the County of Northumberland'', published in 1910, and ''Sir Gilbert de Middleton and the Part he took in the Rebellion of the North in 1317'', published in 1918.
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1838 births
1933 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1874–1880
High Sheriffs of Northumberland
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for City of Durham
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge