William Fowle Middleton
Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Baronet (8 November 1748 – 26 December 1829) was an English
Member of Parliament and High Sheriff.[1]
He was born William Middleton in
Caius College, Cambridge
and succeeded his father in 1775.
He was pricked
1803 to 1806 and finally for Hastings
in 1806. He was created a baronet in 1804.
He purchased the Shrubland estate in the late 1700s and in 1823 adopted the additional name of Fowle under the will of John Fowle of Broome, Norfolk.
He had married Harriot, the daughter and eventual heiress of Nathaniel Acton of Bramford Hall, Suffolk and had 1 son and 2 daughters. He was succeeded by his only son, Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Baronet. His daughter Sarah Louisa married Philip Broke, later Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet.
See also
References
- ^ "MIDDLETON, William (1748-1829), of Crowfield and Shrubland Park, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2017.