Henry Middleton (1770-1846)

43rd Governor of South Carolina, State Senator & U.S. Minister to Russia

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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) survived to adulthood. 

Parents (2)

Arthur Middleton

Signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence

1742-1787

Mary (Izard) Middleton

Mrs. Esther "Mary" (Izard) Middleton

1747-1814

Spouse (1)

Mary (Hering) Middleton

Mrs. Mary Helen (Hering) Middleton

1772-1850

Children (10)

Arthur Middleton

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

1795-1853

Henry Middleton

of "Hayfield" Asheville, North Carolina & Paris, France

1797-1876

Oliver Hering Middleton

of Edisto Island, South Carolina

1798-1892

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

Died unmarried at St. Petersburg, Russia

1804-1827

Williams Middleton

Signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession

1809-1883

Edward Middleton

Rear-Admiral in the U.S. Navy

1810-1883

Catharine Middleton

Died unmarried

1812-1894

Elizabeth (Middleton) Fisher

Mrs. "Eliza" Elizabeth Izard (Middleton) Fisher

1815-1890

Associated Histories (1)

Middleton Place

Charleston, South Carolina

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