Attack on Parliamentarian Battery
Middleton leads part of a fifteen-hundred-man Royalist sortie against the Parliamentarian artillery, but the attack fails.
Role range: 1642-1651
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John Middleton Biography and Timeline
Follow John Middleton through 3 dated historical records for Scotland.
John Middleton, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
3Distinct records
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1651–1660Years on this page
1651
1654
Battle of Dalnaspidal
Leads a royalist force for Charles II but is defeated during Glencairn's rising
1660
Peerage
Created Earl of Middleton after the Restoration and becomes a leading royal agent in Scotland
Records, sources and methodology
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