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Description:Here we Sir John Throgmorton Middlemore, 1st Baronet (9 June 1844 - 17 October 1925) an English Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham North. In this picture he is surrounded by some of the children that he helped. He was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1899 following the resignation of the sitting Birmingham North MP, William Kenrick.[2] Middlemore held the seat until constituency was abolished at the 1918, and did not stand for election again. He was made a Baronet on 27 May 1919, of Selly Oak, Worcestershire. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet. Between 1873 and 1932 Middlemore resettled 5,000 children from homes that he ran and workhouses in Birmingham to various parts of Canada and later Australia.
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In the 1840s there were a great many homeless and destitute children living in orphanages, workhouses ...
In 1872 Sir John Middlemore was approached by a child beggar. Sooner than just give money, Middlemore ...
Before emigration the children were put into homes to prepare them and train them for a new life in ...
Henry C before and after he was "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in ...
Although families were taken into the homes together they would generally be sent to different homes ...
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Source: Balsall Heath Local History Society , Jim Fitzpatrick , Graham Partlett , Elizabeth McKeon , Diane Stead , Keith Whitehouse
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