Shirley Williams
British politician and academic (1930-2021)
Henry Middleton
Plantation owner and public official from South Carolina (1717-1784)
Henry Middletonwas an American politician and planter from South Carolina. A member of the colonial legislature, during the American Revolution he attended the First Continental Congress and served as that body’s president for four days in 1774 after the passage of the Continental Association, which he signed.
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William Middleton of Crowfield
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Lady Mary Mackenzie
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Sarah Middleton Pinckney
Hester Middleton
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge
Susannah Middleton Parker
Williams Middleton
About the Henry Middleton
Henry Middletonwas an American politician and planter from South Carolina. A member of the colonial legislature, during the American Revolution he attended the First Continental Congress and served as that body’s president for four days in 1774 after the passage of the Continental Association, which he signed. He left the Second Continental Congress before it declared independence. Back in South Carolina, he served as president of the provincial congress and senator in the newly created state government. After his capture by the British in 1780, he accepted defeat and returned to the status of a British subject until the end of the war.