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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 (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, rice planter, politician and diplomat, was born in London, September 28, 1770, the son of Mary Izard and Arthur Middleton. As a young man, he traveled extensively in England and on the European continent before embarking on a political career as South Carolina Governor, U.S. Congressman and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. Petersburg.
Learn about Henry Middleton, a prominent South Carolina politician and planter, who built Middleton Place and served as President of the First and Second Continental Congresses. Find out about his family, his role in the Revolutionary War, and his legacy.
MIDDLETON, HENRY. (1717–1784). Second president of the Continental Congress. South Carolina. 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.
Henry Middleton, rice planter, politician and diplomat, was born in London, September 28, 1770, the son of Mary Izard and Arthur Middleton. As a young man, he traveled extensively in England and on the European continent before embarking on a political career as South Carolina Governor, U.S. Congressman and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court ...
Henry Middleton, President of the Continental Congress. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. (1717 - 1784) Henry Middleton was born in 1717 in Charleston, SC. He was the second son of Susan Middleton and Arthur Middleton, the acting governor of South Carolina. In 1774, at the outset of the American Revolution, Middleton was selected ...
