Henry Middleton (September 28, 1770June 14, 1846) was an American planter and political leader from

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. He was the 43rd

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(1810–1812), represented

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in the U. S. Congress (1815–1819).

Life

Middleton served as Minister to

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(1820–1830), being sent there in the first instance to replace George Washington Campbell, so as to look after interests in the discussions preparatory to

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on the question of compensation under Article 1 of the Treaty of Ghent as regards enslaved Americans who went away with British during and after the

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. His summer home at Greenville from 1813-1820, known as

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, was added to the

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in 1969. He and his family also spent some of their summer in Newport, RI staying at Stone Villa (demolished in 1957).

Family

His father (

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) and his grandfather (

Henry Middleton 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 ...

) had both served in the Continental Congress. Williams Middleton was his son. He had 14 children with wife Mary Helen Hering, daughter of Julines Hering (1732–1797), a planter on Jamaica: ten of their children lived into adulthood, including his youngest son Edward Middleton.

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1770 births 1846 deaths People from London Middleton family American people of Barbadian descent American people of English descent Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Governors of South Carolina Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina state senators Ambassadors of the United States to Russia 19th-century American diplomats University of South Carolina trustees {{South Carolina-politician-stub