Lieutenant-General George Middlemore CB
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
In office 1836 – 6 January 1842
Preceded by	Charles Dallas
Succeeded by	Hamelin Trelawny
Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
In office 1833–1835
Preceded by	James Campbell
Succeeded by	John Hastings Mair
Personal details
Died	18 November 1850 Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Spouse	Phillis Sophia Lobb
Children	Six, including Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Middlemore
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1793–1850
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	48th Regiment of Foot Inspecting Field Officer, Nottingham
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary War Egypt Campaign Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Talavera

Lieutenant-General George Middlemore CB (died 18 November 1850, Tunbridge Wells) was a British Army officer and the first Governor of Saint Helena.

Originally commissioned in the 86th Regiment of Foot, he rose to command the 48th Regiment of Foot during the Peninsular War. He was the lieutenant-governor of Grenada from 1833 to 1835.

Middlemore was the first governor of Saint Helena from 1836 to 1842 after its handover from the British East India Company to the Crown. He oversaw the repatriation of Napoleon's remains from there in 1840. He was succeeded on 6 January 1842 by Colonel Hamelin Trelawny.^[1]

Personal life

Middlemore married Phillis Sophia Lobb (died 15 July 1854, Southborough). They had 6 children:^[2]

1. Grace Phyllis (died 1892)
2. Robert Frederick Middlemore (died 18 October 1896, Thorngrove)^[3]
3. Helen Catherine
4. Jemina Honor (died 1887)
5. Mary Douglas (died 18 August 1853, Hastings)
6. Catherine Sophia

References

External links

• "Middlemore, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18664. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Google Books