page_title: Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
section_title: Gentleman farmer, legal and aristocratic links
hierarchical_section_title: Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge / History / Gentleman farmer, legal and aristocratic links
caption_attribution_description: English: John William Middleton Esq., President Leeds Law Society
context_page_description: Members of the Middleton family have been related to the British royal family by marriage since the wedding of Catherine Middleton and Prince William in April 2011, when she became the Duchess of Cambridge.
context_section_description: By the late Georgian era, the Middleton family were established in the West Riding of Yorkshire as cultural and civic figures, particularly in the legal profession. The law firm, Messrs Middleton and Sons, was founded in Leeds in 1834 by gentleman farmer and solicitor William Middleton Esq. of Gledhow Grange Estate (died 1884).
  A grandson of William Middleton was Oxford University graduate and solicitor Henry Dubs Middleton who was chairman of the Leeds General Infirmary. Henry's son was Cecil Middleton who played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1933. Cecil Middleton's grandfather was Sir Henry Hanson Berney, 9th Baronet.
  William Middleton's descendants also include his grandson Richard Noel Middleton, a solicitor who was one of the founders of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra. Richard Noel's son was Captain Peter Middleton, who was Prince Philip's co-pilot on a tour of South America. Peter Middleton's son is entrepreneur Michael Francis Middleton whose children are: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, socialite and columnist Pippa Middleton and businessman James Middleton.
  Members of the  Middleton family were described as  "aristocracy" and "friends of British royalty" to whom, in their civic capacity, they "played host as long ago as 1926". The great-grandfather of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Richard Noel Middleton, and his elder brother William Middleton reportedly wed their fiancées in Leeds at Mill Hill Chapel in the years before the First World War. "Mrs William Middleton" was the niece of James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, who "led" the chapel's congregation at this time and "Mrs Noel Middleton" was the second cousin of Florence, 2nd Baroness Airedale.
caption: John William Middleton, Esq. (1839–1887) President of the Leeds Law Society (1882–1883)[28]
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