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Many relatives of Michael Middleton (father of the Princess of Wales) were solicitors in the Leeds-based family firm, Messrs Middleton & Sons. His grandfather Noël Middleton, great-grandfather John William Middleton, [[Esquire|Esq.]] (1839–1887),[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAo5AQAAMAAJ&dq=WILLIAM+middleton+leeds+die&pg=PA648 |title=The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter |date=1887 |publisher=Law Newspaper Company }}] and great-great-grandfather William Middleton, Esq., as well as many other Middleton relatives, were all solicitors at the law firm which William had established in 1834.[{{cite news |title=DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN LEEDS SOLICITOR |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170506462/william-middleton |access-date=2 April 2024 |publisher=The Leeds Times |date=1884 |pages=3 |quote=We regret to have to record the death of Mr. W. Middleton, solicitor, in his residence, Hawkkhills, Chapel Allerton, on Sunday last. Deceased was born at Wakefield, and, coming to Leeds in 1830, was in the following year articulated to the late Mr. W. Ward, and was admitted in the Hilary Term of 1839, on the same day as the late Mr. Bond, whose decease we recently were called upon to announce. Mr. Middleton married a daughter of the late Mr. John Ward, of Leeds, and during the long course of a useful life won for himself general esteem and confidence. He early took up the cause of building societies, and he and his firm have been solicitors to the Leeds Permanent Benefit Building Society since its establishment in 1848. His eldest son joined him in the business in 1860, and his youngest son in 1872.}}] |
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Many relatives of Michael Middleton (father of the Princess of Wales) were solicitors in the Leeds-based family firm, Messrs Middleton & Sons. His grandfather Noël Middleton, great-grandfather John William Middleton, [[Esquire|Esq.]] (1839–1887),[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAo5AQAAMAAJ&dq=WILLIAM+middleton+leeds+die&pg=PA648 |title=The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter |date=1887 |publisher=Law Newspaper Company }}] and great-great-grandfather William Middleton, Esq., as well as many other Middleton relatives, were all solicitors at the law firm which William had established in 1834.[{{cite news |title=DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN LEEDS SOLICITOR |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170506462/william-middleton |access-date=2 April 2024 |publisher=The Leeds Times |date=1884 |pages=3 |quote=We regret to have to record the death of Mr. W. Middleton, solicitor, in his residence, Hawkkhills, Chapel Allerton, on Sunday last. Deceased was born at Wakefield, and, coming to Leeds in 1830, was in the following year articulated to the late Mr. W. Ward, and was admitted in the Hilary Term of 1839, on the same day as the late Mr. Bond, whose decease we recently were called upon to announce. Mr. Middleton married a daughter of the late Mr. John Ward, of Leeds, and during the long course of a useful life won for himself general esteem and confidence. He early took up the cause of building societies, and he and his firm have been solicitors to the Leeds Permanent Benefit Building Society since its establishment in 1848. His eldest son joined him in the business in 1860, and his youngest son in 1872.}}] |
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William Middleton's great-grandson John Alfred Middleton (later Middleton-Joy, 1895–1975)[{{cite web |title=Page 2318 {{!}} Issue 33146, 30 March 1926 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33146/page/2318 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}][{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Helen Bourne Joy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiBWAAAAMAAJ&q=John+middleton+402 |title=The Joy Genealogy |date=1968 |publisher=Pequot Press |quote=John Middleton Joy (or Joy-Middleton), joined "filtrates"ab 1920. Desc, from the firm's founder through his mother, changed his name from Middleton}}][{{cite web |title=Edward Joy and Sons |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Edward_Joy_and_Sons |website=grace’s guide}}] was the son of Gilbert Middleton (1865–1921), a church [[Choir|soloist]] (the [[Church of St Oswald, Filey]] and [[St Chad's Church, Far Headingley]])[{{cite news |title=FILEY |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=filey%20the%20solos%20were%20taken%20%20by%20%20mr%20middleton%20leeds&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1880&to=1890 |access-date=20 April 2024 |newspaper=Bridlington Free Press |location=Yorkshire, England |date=1 May 1886 |quote=The solos were taken by Mrs Mclntyre, Miss McCallum, Miss Davison, Miss Fox, Miss Lena Pym, Mr. Charles Cooper (London). Mr. [Gilbert] Middleton (Leeds), Mr. E. Pym, Mr. W. Foster Smith, and Rev. C. Milford, The following choruses from Handel's Messiah were admirably sung...}}][{{cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=middleton%20st%20chads&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1880&to=1937 |access-date=20 April 2023 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=16 April 1887 |quote=The solos allotted to Mr. Richardson, ...and Mr. Gilbert Middleton (members of St. Chad's choir) were sung very carefully. The unaccompanied quartet: Jesus...was also well rendered...}}] and solicitor.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-ouAAAAIAAJ&dq=Gilbert+Middleton+castle+grove+wm+joy&pg=PA94 |title=The Law Journal |date=1892 |publisher=E.B. Ince |quote=MARRIAGES. on Jan. 26 at St Chad's church. Far Headingley, Leeds. Gilbert Middleton, of Leeds, solicitor, to Alice Margaret. second daughter of Wm. Lomas Joy, of Castle Grove, Far Headingley, Leeds.}}] John Alfred Middleton studied at [[Winchester College]] where he was a [[substitute (cricket)|substitute]] in the college's [[First XI]] in the 1914 [[Eton Match]].[{{cite web |title=The National Archives (UK) – Winchester College |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=310 |publisher=The National Archives Kew |location=Richmond |access-date=10 February 2022 |quote=John Alfred Middleton-Joy (formerly Middleton) [b. 21 Mar 1895] M.C....[son of solicitor Gilbert Middleton of Leeds]...Winchester 1908–14...Ch.Ch. Oxon 1919, B.A. [According to his entry in the undergraduate progress registers, Middleton was exempted from [[Responsions]] (the first University examination taken shortly before or after matriculation) on account of his performance in school examinations in 1914. He was also exempted from the First Public Examination (which included compulsory examinations in Holy Scripture and Greek and Latin) on account of his service in the [[First World War]]. Middleton passed the shortened course in [[Jurisprudence]] in 1920. As Judith explained, the shortened courses were specially-designed courses for students who had served in the First World War. So that these men would not be disadvantaged academically by time spent away on military service, the University set up these shorter courses which they could pass in less time than the regular 3-year BA course, but which would still entitle them to a BA degree at the end of it. This was how Middleton was able to proceed to a degree in such a short space of time. His BA was conferred on 10 July 1920.]...in 1921...chairman 'Filtrata' regd. Motor Oils...[with his wife was a] member of Ascot Heath and travelled much...died at his home in London on 14th January, 1975, aged 79. |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211003714/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=310 |url-status=live }}] & Joy Sons Ltd oil and grease manufacturers.[{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPw6AAAAMAAJ&q=edward+joy+middleton&dq=edward+joy+middleton&hl=ja&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2jaTVhPyTAxVrr1YBHUpFCdI4ChDoAXoECA0QAw#edward%20joy%20middleton |title=Motor Cycling and Motoring |date=1962 |publisher=Temple Press Limited |language=en |quote=J.A. Middleton-Joy, who has worked for the company for over 42 years, retires on October from his position as chairman of Edward Joy and Sons , Ltd. He will continue as a director.}}] He married Dorothea, daughter of [[Beighton Cup#Aristocratic 19th century origins|Judge Thomas D. Beighton]].[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0AZAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+durant+Beighton&pg=PA290 |title=The Near East |date=1921 |quote=The engagement is announced of John Middleton, younger son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Middleton of Glebe House, Headingley, Leeds and Dorothea, only daughter of the late Thomas Durant Beighton, I.C.S., Member of Bengal Legislative Council |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206033955/https://books.google.com/books?id=g0AZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20durant%20Beighton&f=false |url-status=live }}] Middleton and his wife were members of [[Ascot Racecourse|Ascot Heath]].[ Reportedly one of "the keenest women in Leeds on [[Horse racing|horse-racing]] matters", Mrs John Alfred Middleton-Joy and her husband dined alongside fellow racing enthusiasts [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Princess Mary]] and her husband, the [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Earl of Harewood]], at a Tangiers hotel in February 1934.][{{cite news |title=The Princess Royal on Holiday |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=mrs%20noel%20middleton%20princess%20mary&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1933&to=1937 |access-date=10 February 2022 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=22 February 1934 |quote=THE PRINCESS ROYAL ON HOLIDAY ... MR. and Mrs. Middleton-Joy are back at their home in Headingley after a short visit to Morocco..IN THE HOTEL DINING ROOM...While at Tangier they stayed at the same hotel as the Princess Royal and Lord Harewood. They were there, in fact, when the Princess joined them at table...at the hotel in Tangier, the Princess and Lord Harewood often used the ordinary hotel rooms, taking all meals in the dining-room with the other guests, joining at table with Lord and Lady Lonsdale. Lady Lonsdale, like the Princess, is recuperating after...when not taking trips into the surrounding country. Following their stay Tangier, Mr. and Mrs. [John Alfred] Middleton-Joy crossed Gibraltar, which is crowded with tourists this year. Mrs. Middleton-Joy is one of the keenest women in Leeds on racing matters — if not the keenest... |archive-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210041159/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=mrs%20noel%20middleton%20princess%20mary&county=yorkshire,%20england&from=1933&to=1937 |url-status=live }}] |
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William Middleton's great-grandson John Alfred Middleton (later Middleton-Joy, 1895–1975)[{{cite web |title=Page 2318 {{!}} Issue 33146, 30 March 1926 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33146/page/2318 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}][{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Helen Bourne Joy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiBWAAAAMAAJ&q=John+middleton+402 |title=The Joy Genealogy |date=1968 |publisher=Pequot Press |quote=John Middleton Joy (or Joy-Middleton), joined "filtrates"ab 1920. Desc, from the firm's founder through his mother, changed his name from Middleton}}][{{cite web |title=Edward Joy and Sons |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Edward_Joy_and_Sons |website=grace’s guide}}] was the son of Gilbert Middleton (1865–1921), a church [[Choir|soloist]] (the [[Church of St Oswald, Filey]] and [[St Chad's Church, Far Headingley]])[{{cite news |title=FILEY |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=filey%20the%20solos%20were%20taken%20%20by%20%20mr%20middleton%20leeds&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1880&to=1890 |access-date=20 April 2024 |newspaper=Bridlington Free Press |location=Yorkshire, England |date=1 May 1886 |quote=The solos were taken by Mrs Mclntyre, Miss McCallum, Miss Davison, Miss Fox, Miss Lena Pym, Mr. Charles Cooper (London). Mr. [Gilbert] Middleton (Leeds), Mr. E. Pym, Mr. W. Foster Smith, and Rev. C. Milford, The following choruses from Handel's Messiah were admirably sung...}}][{{cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=middleton%20st%20chads&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1880&to=1937 |access-date=20 April 2023 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=16 April 1887 |quote=The solos allotted to Mr. Richardson, ...and Mr. Gilbert Middleton (members of St. Chad's choir) were sung very carefully. The unaccompanied quartet: Jesus...was also well rendered...}}] and solicitor.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-ouAAAAIAAJ&dq=Gilbert+Middleton+castle+grove+wm+joy&pg=PA94 |title=The Law Journal |date=1892 |publisher=E.B. Ince |quote=MARRIAGES. on Jan. 26 at St Chad's church. Far Headingley, Leeds. Gilbert Middleton, of Leeds, solicitor, to Alice Margaret. second daughter of Wm. Lomas Joy, of Castle Grove, Far Headingley, Leeds.}}] John Alfred Middleton studied at [[Winchester College]] where he was a [[substitute (cricket)|substitute]] in the college's [[First XI]] in the 1914 [[Eton Match]].[{{cite web |title=The National Archives (UK) – Winchester College |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=310 |publisher=The National Archives Kew |location=Richmond |access-date=10 February 2022 |quote=John Alfred Middleton-Joy (formerly Middleton) [b. 21 Mar 1895] M.C....[son of solicitor Gilbert Middleton of Leeds]...Winchester 1908–14...Ch.Ch. Oxon 1919, B.A. [According to his entry in the undergraduate progress registers, Middleton was exempted from [[Responsions]] (the first University examination taken shortly before or after matriculation) on account of his performance in school examinations in 1914. He was also exempted from the First Public Examination (which included compulsory examinations in Holy Scripture and Greek and Latin) on account of his service in the [[First World War]]. Middleton passed the shortened course in [[Jurisprudence]] in 1920. As Judith explained, the shortened courses were specially-designed courses for students who had served in the First World War. So that these men would not be disadvantaged academically by time spent away on military service, the University set up these shorter courses which they could pass in less time than the regular 3-year BA course, but which would still entitle them to a BA degree at the end of it. This was how Middleton was able to proceed to a degree in such a short space of time. His BA was conferred on 10 July 1920.]...in 1921...chairman 'Filtrata' regd. Motor Oils...[with his wife was a] member of Ascot Heath and travelled much...died at his home in London on 14th January, 1975, aged 79. |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211003714/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=310 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPw6AAAAMAAJ&q=edward+joy+middleton&dq=edward+joy+middleton&hl=ja&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2jaTVhPyTAxVrr1YBHUpFCdI4ChDoAXoECA0QAw#edward%20joy%20middleton |title=Motor Cycling and Motoring |date=1962 |publisher=Temple Press Limited |language=en |quote=J.A. Middleton-Joy, who has worked for the company for over 42 years, retires on October from his position as chairman of Edward Joy and Sons , Ltd. He will continue as a director.}}] He married Dorothea, daughter of [[Beighton Cup#Aristocratic 19th century origins|Judge Thomas D. Beighton]].[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0AZAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+durant+Beighton&pg=PA290 |title=The Near East |date=1921 |quote=The engagement is announced of John Middleton, younger son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Middleton of Glebe House, Headingley, Leeds and Dorothea, only daughter of the late Thomas Durant Beighton, I.C.S., Member of Bengal Legislative Council |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206033955/https://books.google.com/books?id=g0AZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20durant%20Beighton&f=false |url-status=live }}] Middleton and his wife were members of [[Ascot Racecourse|Ascot Heath]].[ Reportedly one of "the keenest women in Leeds on [[Horse racing|horse-racing]] matters", Mrs John Alfred Middleton-Joy and her husband dined alongside fellow racing enthusiasts [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Princess Mary]] and her husband, the [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Earl of Harewood]], at a Tangiers hotel in February 1934.][{{cite news |title=The Princess Royal on Holiday |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=mrs%20noel%20middleton%20princess%20mary&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1933&to=1937 |access-date=10 February 2022 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=22 February 1934 |quote=THE PRINCESS ROYAL ON HOLIDAY ... MR. and Mrs. Middleton-Joy are back at their home in Headingley after a short visit to Morocco..IN THE HOTEL DINING ROOM...While at Tangier they stayed at the same hotel as the Princess Royal and Lord Harewood. They were there, in fact, when the Princess joined them at table...at the hotel in Tangier, the Princess and Lord Harewood often used the ordinary hotel rooms, taking all meals in the dining-room with the other guests, joining at table with Lord and Lady Lonsdale. Lady Lonsdale, like the Princess, is recuperating after...when not taking trips into the surrounding country. Following their stay Tangier, Mr. and Mrs. [John Alfred] Middleton-Joy crossed Gibraltar, which is crowded with tourists this year. Mrs. Middleton-Joy is one of the keenest women in Leeds on racing matters — if not the keenest... |archive-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210041159/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=mrs%20noel%20middleton%20princess%20mary&county=yorkshire,%20england&from=1933&to=1937 |url-status=live }}] |
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John Middleton-Joy's elder brother, solicitor Alan Lomas Middleton (1893–1970)[{{cite web |title=WE REMEMBER ALAN LOMAS MIDDLETON |url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3024406 |publisher=Imperial War Museums |access-date=30 August 2023 |year=2023 |quote=SERVICE British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Source:3024406 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830035100/https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3024406 |url-status=live }}] was, like his brother, an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] graduate. Alan and their father Gilbert, a [[Cheltenham College]] alumni, were members of the [[Yorkshire Ramblers' Club]] as was Gilbert's brother Noël Middleton.[{{cite journal |last1=Middleton |first1=Alan Lomas |title=Yorkshire Ramblers' Club |access-date=11 February 2022 |quote=– Obituary – Richard Noel Middleton (1878–1951) by ALM – [i.e. Alan Lomas Middleton]... Obituary – ALAN LOMAS MIDDLETON – At the time of his death on 19th May, 1970, Alan Middleton was the longest serving member of the Club, a distinction which gave him great pleasure. He became a member in 1912 and was Vice-President 1947–48. He was brought up in a family tradition of fell-walking by his father, Gilbert Middleton, and his uncle, Noel Middleton, both of whom were members of the Club. |journal=The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club |url=https://www.yrc.org.uk/journal-and-image-archive/journal-selector/yrc-journal-1954-vol-8-no-27/journal-v8n27p73/ |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211154136/https://www.yrc.org.uk/journal-and-image-archive/journal-selector/yrc-journal-1954-vol-8-no-27/journal-v8n27p73/ |url-status=live }}][{{cite book |editor1-last=Hunter |editor1-first=A. |title=Cheltenham College Register – 1841–1889 |date=1890 |publisher=George Bell and Sons, London |page=326 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PwBAAAAYAAJ&dq=gilbert+Middleton+john+william+cheltenham+%C2%A0college&pg=PA326 |access-date=29 August 2023 |quote=Gilbert Middleton – son of John William Middleton, Park Row, Leeds...}}] Alan's son David Middleton (died 2023, age 95) attended Winchester[{{cite journal |title=Old Wykehamist Obituaries 2023 |journal=Winchester College Website |date=2023 |url=https://wincollsoc.org/news/ow-obituaries/113/113-Old-Wykehamist-Obituaries- |access-date=15 October 2024 |quote=David Middleton (K, 1940 – 45) Died on 22 April 2023, age 95.}}] and then went up to New College, Oxford University after which he was a solicitor at the family law firm and President of the Leeds Law Society.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_1KAQAAIAAJ&q=+middletons+ |title=The Scottish Law Directory for ... |date=1969 |publisher=W. Hodge |quote=Middletons (Alan Lomas Middleton. M.A, (oxon), Ralph Middleton, B.A(oxon), James Walker Booth, O.B.E., M.A., LL.B.( cantab.), Sydney Hallewell Knight, Derek William Gillespie, M.A., (cantab.), and David Middleton, M.A.(oxon)) Permanent House, 72 The Headrow |access-date=15 February 2024 |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215030422/https://books.google.com/books?hl=ja&id=-_1KAQAAIAAJ&dq=The+Scottish+Law+Directory+middletons+alan+lomas&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+middletons+ |url-status=live }}] David attended the wedding at [[Westminster Abbey]] in April 2011 of [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Catherine Middleton]] – his second cousin, once removed – to [[Prince William]].[{{cite web |title=MIDDLETON The Telegraph Announcements |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/middleton-notices_48405 |access-date=15 December 2023 |website=announcements.telegraph.co.uk |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215173255/https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/middleton-notices_48405 |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |date=24 June 1950 |title=The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, England |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/829386320/ |access-date=14 October 2025 |website=Newspapers.com }}] |
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John Middleton-Joy's elder brother, solicitor Alan Lomas Middleton (1893–1970)[{{cite web |title=WE REMEMBER ALAN LOMAS MIDDLETON |url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3024406 |publisher=Imperial War Museums |access-date=30 August 2023 |year=2023 |quote=SERVICE British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Source:3024406 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830035100/https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3024406 |url-status=live }}] was, like his brother, an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] graduate. Alan and their father Gilbert, a [[Cheltenham College]] alumni, were members of the [[Yorkshire Ramblers' Club]] as was Gilbert's brother Noël Middleton.[{{cite journal |last1=Middleton |first1=Alan Lomas |title=Yorkshire Ramblers' Club |access-date=11 February 2022 |quote=– Obituary – Richard Noel Middleton (1878–1951) by ALM – [i.e. Alan Lomas Middleton]... Obituary – ALAN LOMAS MIDDLETON – At the time of his death on 19th May, 1970, Alan Middleton was the longest serving member of the Club, a distinction which gave him great pleasure. He became a member in 1912 and was Vice-President 1947–48. He was brought up in a family tradition of fell-walking by his father, Gilbert Middleton, and his uncle, Noel Middleton, both of whom were members of the Club. |journal=The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club |url=https://www.yrc.org.uk/journal-and-image-archive/journal-selector/yrc-journal-1954-vol-8-no-27/journal-v8n27p73/ |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211154136/https://www.yrc.org.uk/journal-and-image-archive/journal-selector/yrc-journal-1954-vol-8-no-27/journal-v8n27p73/ |url-status=live }}][{{cite book |editor1-last=Hunter |editor1-first=A. |title=Cheltenham College Register – 1841–1889 |date=1890 |publisher=George Bell and Sons, London |page=326 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PwBAAAAYAAJ&dq=gilbert+Middleton+john+william+cheltenham+%C2%A0college&pg=PA326 |access-date=29 August 2023 |quote=Gilbert Middleton – son of John William Middleton, Park Row, Leeds...}}] Alan's son David Middleton (died 2023, age 95) attended Winchester[{{cite journal |title=Old Wykehamist Obituaries 2023 |journal=Winchester College Website |date=2023 |url=https://wincollsoc.org/news/ow-obituaries/113/113-Old-Wykehamist-Obituaries- |access-date=15 October 2024 |quote=David Middleton (K, 1940 – 45) Died on 22 April 2023, age 95.}}] and then went up to New College, Oxford University after which he was a solicitor at the family law firm and President of the Leeds Law Society.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_1KAQAAIAAJ&q=+middletons+ |title=The Scottish Law Directory for ... |date=1969 |publisher=W. Hodge |quote=Middletons (Alan Lomas Middleton. M.A, (oxon), Ralph Middleton, B.A(oxon), James Walker Booth, O.B.E., M.A., LL.B.( cantab.), Sydney Hallewell Knight, Derek William Gillespie, M.A., (cantab.), and David Middleton, M.A.(oxon)) Permanent House, 72 The Headrow |access-date=15 February 2024 |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215030422/https://books.google.com/books?hl=ja&id=-_1KAQAAIAAJ&dq=The+Scottish+Law+Directory+middletons+alan+lomas&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+middletons+ |url-status=live }}] David attended the wedding at [[Westminster Abbey]] in April 2011 of [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Catherine Middleton]] – his second cousin, once removed – to [[Prince William]].[{{cite web |title=MIDDLETON The Telegraph Announcements |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/middleton-notices_48405 |access-date=15 December 2023 |website=announcements.telegraph.co.uk |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215173255/https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/middleton-notices_48405 |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |date=24 June 1950 |title=The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, England |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/829386320/ |access-date=14 October 2025 |website=Newspapers.com }}] |
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