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 as a private tutor, amongst his pupils being Roundell Palmer, Robert Lowe, Charles Wordsworth, J. A. Froude, and others. In 1839 he was elected Prælector of Logic, and in 1849 delivered the Bampton Lectures, and became Public Orator at his University. In 1868 he succeeded to the Principalship of Magdalen Hall, which he succeeded in converting into Hertford College. He died 29 March, 1877. His Orations, notable for their excellent Latinity, were published by his son in 1878.

Admitted 24 November, 1834.

Eldest son of Archibald Michie, merchant, of Millbank Street, Westminster. He was educated at Westminster School. After being called to the Bar on 4 May, 1838, he went to Sydney, where he practised with success. Later he also undertook journalistic work, and was associated with Robert Lowe (afterwards Lord Sherbrooke) in the conduct of the Atlas newspaper. After a visit to England he returned to Victoria in 1852, and was admitted to the Bar there. In the same year he became a member of the Legislative Council, and on the creation of the Legislative Assembly, was one of the members for Melbourne. He was made Q.C., and from 1857—8 he was Attorney-General, which office he filled again, 1863—5, and also that of Minister of Justice. In 1872 he was Agent-General of Victoria in London, and held the office for six years, in the fifth year of which he was created K.C.M.G. On his retirement he returned to Melbourne, where he died in June, 1899.

MIDDLESEX, EARL OF. See CRANFIELD, LIONEL.

Admitted 14 April, 1757.

Eldest son of Henry Middleton of Middleton, South Carolina (deriving from Twickenham, England). He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. On the approach of the Revolution he became a member of the first Council of Safety, and a delegate to Congress, and was one of those who signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1780 he was taken prisoner by the British, and on his release again entered Congress, where he reported many of the Debates. He died 1 Jan. 1787.

MIDLETON, VISCOUNT. See BRODRICK, ALAN.

Admitted 12 November, 1874.

Second son of James Minto of Auchterlees, Tuariff, co. Aberdeen, where he was born 10 Oct. 1845. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen in 1865, where he took all the leading money prizes and honours. He subsequently occupied the chair of Logic and English in that University, during which period he edited an edition of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works, and wrote three Novels: The Grade of Doom (1886); Ralph Hardelot (1888); and Was she Good or Bad? (1889); but his chief work was done in London, where he published his Characteristics of English Poets in 1874, and contributed critical and political articles to the leading journals of the day. He died 1 March, 1893.

After his death appeared his Manuals on Logic and Prose Composition, and an Essay on English Literature under the Georges (1894).