Middleton (name)
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This article is about the surname Middleton. For other uses, see Middleton.
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| Meaning | "middle"/"town" |
| Region of origin | Anglo-Saxon |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Middleton |
Middleton is a locational Anglo-Saxon surname originating from dozens of different settlements in England going by one of the pre-7th century Old English variations of "middle" (such as midel) and "town" (such as tun). The earliest recorded examples of such hamlets date to 1086 and include Middeltone, Mideltuna, and Middeltune in such Derbyshire, Shropshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire. The surname "Mideltone" is recorded in Oxfordshire (1166), "Midilton" is noted in Arbroath, Scotland (1221) and "Middelton" is found in Yorkshire (1273).[1]
People with the surname or its variants include:
- Archibald Middleton, an Australian Rules footballer
- Arthur Middleton, signatory of American Declaration of Independence
- Arthur Middleton (singer), American concert singer
- Baron Middleton, title in the British Peerage
- Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, admiral in the Royal Navy, evangelical and abolitionist
- Charles B. Middleton, American actor
- Frederick Middleton, Canadian militia leader
- George H. Middleton, Scottish partner and builder of Newfoundland Railway
- George Middleton, African American Revolutionary War veteran
- George Middleton (banker), early leader of Coutts private bank
- George Middleton (New Jersey), United States Congress Representative from New Jersey
- George Middleton (playwright), American playwright
- George Middleton (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament from Carlisle
- Graham Middleton, an Australian Rules footballer
- Henry Middleton (South Carolina), 2nd President of the Continental Congress of the United Colonies of America
- Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist
- Joe Middleton (United Kingdom), CEO of Canterbury of New Zealand
- John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton
- John Middleton (1678-1739), Scottish MP
- Joshua Middleton, comic book artist
- Karen Middleton, Australian journalist
- Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William of Wales
- Lloyd Middleton, an Australian Rules footballer
- O. E. Middleton, New Zealand short story writer
- Ron Middleton, Australian Victoria Cross recipient
- Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright
- Thomas Cooke Middleton, O.S.A., tenth president of Villanova College now called Villanova University
- Troy Middleton, Lieutenant General during World War II
- Hugh Myddelton, goldsmith, entrepreneur, drainer of Brading Harbour and developer of the New River, London
[edit] References
- ^ Surname: Middleton. surnamedb.com (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
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