Education
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Educated at Maidstone Grammar School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Middleton was commissioned into the 58th Regiment of Foot in 1842. He served in the New Zealand Wars and in 1845, he was mentioned in dispatches for his part in the capture of the stronghold of Māori chief Te Ruki Kawiti. He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1879.
He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1884.
In 1885 the North-West Rebellion took place and Middleton had to respond. Despite a defeat at the Battle of Fish Creek, his cautious approach reached Batoche, Saskatchewan, where the Métis surrendered after three days" bombardment.
Foreign his service in the war, Middleton was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1885. He also received the thanks of Parliament and the sum of $20,000.
He resigned as head of the Militia in 1890 when a select committee of the House of Commons criticized him for the misappropriation of furs from a Métis named Charles Bremner during the rebellion.
She was born in Montreal in 1846, and was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Sault-au-Recollet. She died at Tateley, Hampshire, England, 1 November 1899.