Henry Middleton

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American planter delegate to the Continental Congress person politician

Henry Middleton was an American planter and political leader from South Carolina who briefly served as a leading figure in the early stages of the American Revolution.

Aliases (4)

Arthur Middleton ×2
Henry Middleton (Governor of South Carolina) ×1
Henry Middleton (son) ×1
Henry Middleton Jr. ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American planter → delegate to the Continental Congress → person → politician →
birthDate	1717-09-28 →
birthPlace	Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina →
child	Arthur Middleton → Henry Middleton Jr. → Thomas Middleton →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1784-06-13 →
deathPlace	Charleston, South Carolina →
ethnicGroup	English American →
father	Arthur Middleton →
fullName	Henry Middleton →
grandchild	Henry Middleton (Governor of South Carolina) →
knownFor	ownership of Middleton Place plantation on the Ashley River →
memberOf	South Carolina gentry →
mother	Sarah Amory →
notableFor	leadership in early stages of the American Revolution → service in the First Continental Congress →
notableRelative	Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence) →
occupation	planter → politician →
office	President of the Continental Congress →
owned	Middleton Place plantation → enslaved people on his plantations →
participatedIn	American Revolution → First Continental Congress →
placeOfBurial	Middleton Place Gardens, South Carolina →
politicalAlignment	Patriot cause in the American Revolution →
positionHeld	President of the Continental Congress → Speaker of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly → justice of the peace → member of the Continental Congress → member of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly → member of the South Carolina Governor's Council → member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress →
precededBy	Peyton Randolph →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Charleston, South Carolina → South Carolina →
spouse	Mary Baker Williams → Mary Williams →
succeededBy	Peyton Randolph →
termEnd	1774-10-26 →
termStart	1774-10-22 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henry Middleton ("Arthur Middleton") → Henry Middleton ("Henry Middleton Jr.") →	child
Arthur Middleton → Henry Middleton ("Arthur Middleton") →	father
Henry Middleton →	fullName
Henry Middleton ("Henry Middleton (Governor of South Carolina)") →	grandchild
Arthur Middleton ("Henry Middleton (son)") →	hasRelative
Middleton Place →	notableResident
President of the Continental Congress →	officeHolder
First Continental Congress →	president
Middleton Place →	significantPerson