Middleton, George

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Dates 1703-1747
Location London
Vocation Banker
Place of Birth Edinburgh
Marriage Mary Campbell
Issue Elizabeth; Margaret
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Joined Campbell, John (London) 3 at his bank in the Strand, becoming partner (1708) and taking over the bank upon Campbell's death (1712). His bank was known as a Whig establishment, and prospered under the patronage of London-Scots, especially the Argyll brothers Campbell, John (London) and Campbell, Archibald (London) 1. Invested in schemes Law, John, and suffered severe losses when they collapsed. Suffered also when the South Sea Bubble burst. Re-build his business with the help of Scottish patrons. Took on Coutts, John (London) 1 as a partner (1755), who ultimately inherited the bank through his marriage to Mary Campbell's niece.