Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence)

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Arthur Middleton was an American Founding Father and South Carolina statesman best known for signing the Declaration of Independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Founding Father of the United States
human
planter
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
associatedWith Middleton Place Gardens
surface form: Middleton Place National Historic Landmark
birthDate 1742-06-26
birthPlace Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
surface form: Great Britain

United States of America
deathDate 1787-01-01
deathPlace Charleston
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
educatedAt Middle Temple
Trinity Hall, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Westminster School
era American Revolutionary era
Colonial America
familyName Middleton
father Henry Middleton
fullName Arthur Middleton
givenName Arthur
hasRelative Emma Middleton (daughter)
Henry Middleton
surface form: Henry Middleton (son)

Thomas Middleton
surface form: Thomas Middleton (brother)
heritage English-American
knownFor service as a South Carolina statesman during the American Revolution
signing the United States Declaration of Independence
memberOf Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress
militaryConflict American Revolutionary War
mother Mary Williams
movement American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent captured by British forces in 1780
notableWork signing of the Declaration of Independence
occupation planter
politician
revolutionary
partOf South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress
placeOfBurial Middleton Place plantation
surface form: Middleton Place Gardens, Dorchester County, South Carolina
politicalAlignment Patriot
positionHeld delegate to the Continental Congress
member of the South Carolina Council of Safety
member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
represented South Carolina
residence Middleton Place plantation
surface form: Middleton Place, South Carolina
signatureImage Arthur Middleton signature.svg
spouse Mary Izard

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Henry Middleton notableRelative Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence)