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

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. His mother was Laura, daughter of Sir Matthew White Ridley (1778–1836) 3rd Baronet of

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, Northumberland. He attended

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and matriculated at

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in 1856. He received his B.A. in 1860 and was admitted to the

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on 5 April of the same year.
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'. ''A Cambridge Alumni Database''. University of Cambridge. He succeeded to the

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cy 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. 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 were recruited to run for the

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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

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at the 1880 general election. He later served as

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for 1884. On 8 November 1871, he married Lady Constance Harriet Amherst, daughter of

William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (3 September 1805 – 26 March 1886), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer. Amherst was born at Lower Grosvenor Street, London, the son of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst ...

. Middleton outlived his eldest son Gilbert (born 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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