Charles Middleton
British admiral, politician and abolitionist
Died when: 86 years 246 days (1040 months)Star Sign: Libra
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Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, PC (14 October 1726 – 17 June 1813) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the Seven Years' War.
Middleton was given command of a guardship at the Nore, a Royal Navy anchorage in the Thames Estuary, at the start of the American War of Independence, and was subsequently appointed Comptroller of the Navy.
He went on to be First Naval Lord and then First Lord of the Admiralty.
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