Biography of Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet 1838-1933

Paternal Family Tree: Middleton of Belsay Castle

In 1835 [his father] Charles Atticus Monck (age 30) and [his mother] Laura Ridley were married.

On 12th January 1838 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet was born to Charles Atticus Monck (age 33) and Laura Ridley.

In 1856 [his father] Charles Atticus Monck (age 51) died.

In 1856 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 17) matriculated Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. He was awarded BA in 1860.

On 20th July 1867 [his grandfather] Charles Miles Lambert Monck 6th Baronet (age 88) died. His grandson Arthur (age 29) succeeded 7th Baronet Monck of Belsay Castle in Northumberland.

On 8th November 1871 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 33) and Constance Harriet Amherst Lady Monck (age 28) were married. She by marriage Lady Monck of Belsay Castle in Northumberland. She the daughter of William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 66) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 57).

In 1874 [his son] Charles Middleton 8th Baronet was born to Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Constance Harriet Amherst Lady Monck (age 31).

On 12th February 1876 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 38) and his brothers changed their name from Monck back to Middleton.

On 1st October 1879 [his son] Lieutenant Hugh Jeffery Middleton was born to Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 41) and [his wife] Constance Harriet Amherst Lady Monck (age 36).

On 7th October 1879 [his wife] Constance Harriet Amherst Lady Monck (age 36) died.

In 1884 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.

On 22nd July 1905 [his son] Lieutenant Hugh Jeffery Middleton (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Katherine Long were married at All Saints Church, Catherington [Map].

On 10th August 1914 [his son] Lieutenant Hugh Jeffery Middleton (age 34) died on board the trawler 'Columbine' whilst serving with the Royal Navy.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 1st April 1933 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 95) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 59) succeeded 8th Baronet Middleton of Belsay Castle in Northumberland.