Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham

The Lord Barham
Portrait by Isaac Pocock
Member of Parliament
for Rochester
In office
1784–1790
Preceded byGeorge Finch-Hatton
Succeeded byGeorge Best
Personal details
Born14 October 1726
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Died17 June 1813(1813-06-17) (aged 86)
Barham Court, Teston, Kent, England
Known forAbolitionism
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Navy
Years of service1741–1813
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Arundel
HMS Emerald
HMS Adventure
Battles/warsSeven Years' War
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars

Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, PC (14 October 1726 – 17 June 1813[1]) 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.

  1. ^ Laughton, J. K. (1894). "Middleton, Charles (1726–1813)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co.