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[[File:Arthurmiddleton.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Arthur Middleton]]

'''Arthur Middleton''' (b. June 26, 1742; d. January 1, 1787) was one of the [[United States]]'  [[Founding Fathers]]. Middleton was a member of [[South Carolina]]'st Council of Safety (against its enemies), a body that virtually ruled the province until a provisional government was established. His father was Henry Middleton, President of the [[First Continental Congress]]; Arthur Middleton was elected to take his father's seat as South Carolina's delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. Middleton was also a prisoner-of-war in the America Revolution.

'''Arthur Middleton''' (b. June 26, 1742; d. January 1, 1787) was one of the [[United States]]'  [[Founding Fathers]]. Middleton was a member of [[South Carolina]]'st Council of Safety (against its enemies), a body that virtually ruled the province until a provisional government was established. His father was Henry Middleton, President of the [[First Continental Congress]]; Arthur Middleton was elected to take his father's seat as South Carolina's delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. Middleton was also a prisoner-of-war during the [[American Revolution]].

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

Henry Middleton's eldest was born at the family mansion, Middleton Place, near Charleston, [[South Carolina]]. At age 12, his father sent him to [[England]] for his education. After Arthur graduated from Cambridge in 1773, <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/middleton.htm Arthur Middleton, USHistory.org]</ref> he went on a tour of [[Europe]]. He returned to America and married Mary Izzard. Arthur became a justice of the peace and served as a delegate to the provincial assembly. Once again, he traveled Europe but now with his wife. He returned to the Middleton Place and acquired rice plantations.  

Henry Middleton's eldest was born at the family mansion, Middleton Place, near Charleston, [[South Carolina]]. At age 12, his father sent him to [[England]] for his education. After Arthur graduated from Cambridge in 1773, <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/middleton.htm Arthur Middleton, USHistory.org]</ref> he went on a tour of [[Europe]]. He returned to America and married Mary Izzard. Arthur became a justice of the peace and served as a delegate to the provincial assembly. He traveled in Europe with his wife, and on the couple's return to Middleton Place he acquired rice plantations.  

==American Revolution==

==American Revolution==