Earls of Middleton, Lords of Clermont and of Fettercairn

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86 The Earls of Middleton.
baptized 16th February, 1693, commanded for some
time one of the king's revenue yachts. In July, 173 1 ,
he received the appointment of Collector of the
Customs at Inverness. In February, 1734, he filled
the same post at Dundee, and afterwards at Borrow-
touness. He married Helen, daughter of Captain
Charles Dundas, youngest son of Sir James Dundas
of Armiston. The wife of Captain Charles Dundas
(mother to Mrs. Robert Middleton) was Helen, only
daughter of George Dundas, youngest son of Dundas
of Kincavel, and grandson of Sir Walter Dundas of
Dundas.
Robert Middleton and Helen his wife had two
sons and two daughters: —
1. George.
2. Charles, afterwards Lord Barham.
3. Helen, married to Captain Wight.
4. Janet, died unmarried.
George Middleton, the eldest son, served for some
time as a captain in the Scots Brigade in the service
of Holland, after which he succeeded his maternal
uncle, Dr. James Dundas (a physician in Edinburgh,
of remarkable talent and worth), in the estate of
Mosshall, in West Lothian. He died Comptroller of
the Customs at Leith, in 1794.
By his wife, Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of George