Henry Middleton (1770-1846)

Senator Henry Middleton, 43rd Governor of South Carolina

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He was State Senator and 43rd Governor of Carolina before his election to Congress in 1815. In 1820, President Monroe appointed him U.S. Minister to Russia, where he lived with his wife for the next ten years before returning to Middleton Place. He and his wife were the parents of 13 children of whom ten (listed above) survived to adulthood. 

Parents

Arthur Middleton

Signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence

1742-1787

Mary (Izard) Middleton

Mrs Esther "Mary" (Izard) Middleton

1747-1814

Spouse

Mary (Hering) Middleton

Mrs Mary Helen (Hering) Middleton

1772-1850

Children

Arthur Middleton

U.S. Secretary & Chargé d'Affaires at Madrid, settled in Naples, Italy

1795-1853

Henry Middleton

Henry Middleton, of Hayfield, Asheville, North Carolina & Paris, France

1797-1876

Oliver Hering Middleton

Oliver H. Middleton, of Edisto Island, South Carolina

1798-1892

John Izard Middleton

John Izard Middleton, Signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession

1800-1877

Maria (Middleton) Pringle

Mrs Maria Henrietta (Middleton) Pringle

1802-1838

Eleanor Middleton

Eleanor Middleton, died unmarried in early adulthood

1804-1827

Williams Middleton

Williams Middleton, Signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession

1809-1883

Edward Middleton

Rear-Admiral Edward Middleton, of the U.S. Navy

1810-1883

Catharine Middleton

Catharine Middleton, died unmarried

1812-1894

Elizabeth (Middleton) Fisher

Mrs "Eliza" Elizabeth Izard (Middleton) Fisher

1815-1890

Associated Houses

Middleton Place

Charleston, South Carolina

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