Background
He was the son of William Middlemore, who had a leather business at Holloway Head, Birmingham.
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John John Throgmorton Middlemore
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He gained a degree in medicine. He was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1899 following the resignation of the sitting Birmingham North Member of Parliament, William Kenrick. Middlemore held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1918 General Election, and did not stand for election again.
He served as a Justice of the Peace for Birmingham and Worcestershire.
In 1872 he founded and managed for forty years the Middlemore Children"s Emigration Homes for the training of destitute children in Agriculture in Canada. Between 1873 and 1952, some 6000 children suffering from neglect or poverty were sent via the city"s Middlemore Emigration Home to work in Australia and Canada.
The children were taken overseas in large groups and then distributed to families when they arrived. He was made a Baronet on 27 May 1919, of Selly Oak, Worcestershire.
The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust managed and operated the Middlemore Family Centre in Bartley Green, Birmingham until July 2012.
They now provide grants to organisations based in and working in the West Midlands who support under 25s who are "experiencing disadvantage".
Membership
26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament.
29th United Kingdom Parliament.
30th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Political Party
Conservative Party