Middleton, Thomas Hudson, 1863-1943

Thomas Hudson Middleton was born in Cromarty, Ross-shire, on 31 August 1863. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and he studied at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. In 1889 he became Professor of Agriculture at Baroda College, India, until his appointment as Lecturer in in Agriculture at the University College of Wales in 1896. In 1898 and in 1899 he made unsuccessful attempts on the Chairs of Agriculture at Yorkshire College, Leeds, and at Cambridge. In 1899 however he became Professor of Agriculture at Durham College of Science, and then in 1902 he did become Professor of Agrculture at Cambridge where he stayed until 1907. In 1906 he had been appointed as Assistant Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, and by 1917 he was Deputy Director-General at the Food Production Department. In 1926, Middleton was appointed to the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India. He received a C.B. in 1913 and was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918. In 1929 he was created Knight Commander of the Indian Empire. Sir Thomas Hudson Middleton died on 14 May 1943.

From the guide to the Papers of Sir Thomas Hudson Middleton (1863-1943), 1896-1968, (Edinburgh University Library)

Epithet: KBE; agriculturalist

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