There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Middleton, four in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Middleton Baronetcy, of Ruthyn in the County of Denbigh, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 October 1622 for Hugh Middleton, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Denbigh Boroughs

Denbigh Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)

Denbigh District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons.The constituency first returned an MP in 1542, to the English Parliament...

. The second, third and fourth Baronets also represented Denbigh in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. The title became dormant on the death of the sixth Baronet in circa 1757.

The Middleton Baronetcy, of Leighton Hall

Leighton Hall, Lancashire

Leighton Hall is an historic house to the west of Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, England . It is a Grade II* listed building.It was the seat of the 1642-1673 Middleton Baronetcy of George Middleton. The estate came into the possession of George Towneley of Towneley Hall in Burnley, through his...

 in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 24 June 1642 for George Middleton. The title became extinct on his death in 1673.

The Middleton Baronetcy, of Belsay Castle in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 24 October 1662 for William Middleton, of Belsay Castle

Belsay Castle

Belsay Castle is a 14th century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building....

, Belsay

Belsay

Belsay is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated about to the north-west of Ponteland on the A696 which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh....

, Northumberland

Northumberland

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. The Middletons were descended from Richard Middleton who was Chancellor to Henry III

Henry III of England

Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

. His grandson Sir Gilbert Middleton took part in a rebellion against Edward II

Edward II of England

Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

. He was captured and executed. The Middleton estates including Belsay were forfeited to the Crown but were restored to the family by marriage in the reign of Edward III

Edward III of England

Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

. Sir John Middleton was a fervent Yorkist in the 15th century and fought at the Battles of St Albans

First Battle of St Albans

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 in 1455 and Bosworth in 1485. The third, fifth and sixth Baronets all sat as Member of Parliament for Northumberland

Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

Northumberland, was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament.The constituency was split into two...

. The sixth Baronet assumed in 1799 by Royal sign-manual the surname of Monck in lieu of his patronymic, according to the will of his maternal grandfather Lawrence Monck. The seventh Baronet, who represented Durham in Parliament, resumed the use of the surname of Middleton. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1999. The Middleton family and estate records are held in the archives of the Northumberland Record Office.

The Middleton Baronetcy, of Hackney in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 December 1681 for Hugh Middleton. The title became extinct on his death in 1702.

The Middleton, later Noel Baronetcy, of the Navy, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 23 October 1781. For more information on this creation, which is still extant, see the Earl of Gainsborough

Earl of Gainsborough

Earl of Gainsborough is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation ended in extinction when the sixth Earl died without heirs...

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The Middleton Baronetcy, of Crowfield, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 May 1804 for William Middleton. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1860.

Middleton Baronets, of Belsay Castle, Northumberland (1662)

• Sir William Middleton, 1st Baronet (c.1625–1690)
• Sir John Middleton, 2nd Baronet (1678–1717)
• Sir William Middleton, 3rd Baronet (c.1700–1757), MP for Northumberland 1722–1757
• Sir John Lambert Middleton, 4th Baronet (1705–1768)
• Sir William Middleton, 5th Baronet (1738–1795), MP for Northumberland 1774-1795
• Sir Charles Miles Lambert Middleton, 6th Baronet
  Sir Charles Monck, 6th Baronet
  Sir Charles Miles Lambert Monck, 6th Baronet succeeded to the Baronetcy of Belsay Castle on the death of his father in 1795...
  
   (Monck from 11 Feb 1799) (1779–1867), MP for Northumberland 1812-1820
• Sir Arthur Edward Monck, 7th Baronet (Middleton from 12 Feb 1876) (1838–1933), MP for Durham 1874-1880
• Sir Charles Arthur Middleton, 8th Baronet (1873–1942)
• Sir Stephen Hugh Middleton, 9th Baronet (1909–1993)
• Sir Lawrence Monck Middleton, 10th Baronet (1912–1999), Extinct on his death

Middleton Baronets, of Crowfield (1804)

• Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Baronet (d. 1830)
• Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Baronet (1786-1860)