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Henry Middleton (Charleston, Carolina del Sur, Imperio británico, 1717 – Charleston, Carolina del Sur, Estados Unidos, 13 de junio de 1784) fue un propietario de plantaciones y funcionario público de Carolina del Sur.
Henry Middleton (1717 – June 13, 1784) was a planter, public official 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.
Henry Middleton fue un propietario de plantaciones y funcionario público de Carolina del Sur. Miembro de la asamblea legislativa colonial, ocupó un puesto en el Congreso Continental y fue presidente del mismo durante la revolución estadounidense, en 1774.
Henry Middleton died on June 14, 1846, in Charleston, where he was accorded a public funeral with military honors before being taken to Middleton Place for burial. Henry Middleton’s children surviving to adulthood were: ARTHUR (1795-1853): Harvard graduate, lawyer and diplomat.
Henry Middleton (1717 - 13 de junio de 1784) fue un plantador, funcionario público de Carolina del Sur. Miembro de la legislatura colonial, durante la Revolución Americana asistió al Primer Congreso Continental y se desempeñó como presidente de ese organismo durante cuatro días en 1774 después de la aprobación de la Asociación Continental, que f...
2 de ago. de 2016 · Planter, politician, president of Continental Congress. The son of Arthur Middleton and Sarah Amory, Middleton was born at The Oaks, his father’s plantation in St. James Goose Creek Parish. Upon his father’s death in 1737, Middleton inherited property in South Carolina, England, and Barbados.
Born in 1717 on his father's plantation near Charlestown, South Carolina, Henry Middleton would become one of the largest land- and slave-owners in the state. He was educated in England and elected to the state assembly shortly after his return, serving as speaker in 1747 and 1754.
