Dorothy Middleton

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'''Dorothy Middleton''' (9 November 1909 – 3 February 1999) was a writer and geographer who held several roles at the [[Royal Geographical Society]]. Her best-known work is ''Victorian Lady Travellers'' (1965).<ref name=indy /><ref name=odnb /><ref name=journal /><ref name=magazine />

== Biography ==

Dorothy Butler was born on 9 November 1909 to Sir [[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler]] and Anne Gertrude Smith, in [[Lahore]], [[British India]], where her father was Deputy Commissioner.<ref name=indy /> The family later relocated to [[Cambridge]], when her retired father became a master at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke College]]. On 30 April 1938, she married Laurence Henry Neave Middleton, a lawyer, and the Middletons settled in [[Chelsea, London]].<ref name=indy />

In the 1950s, Middleton was introduced by [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] to some letters written by [[Isabella Bird]]. From this, Middleton's interest in women travellers grew, resulting in the book ''Victorian Lady Travellers'' (1965) along with contributions to the [[Dictionary of National Biography]] and lectures around Britain. She published ''Lugard in Africa'' jointly with [[A. A. Thomson]] (1959), and edited a reprint of ''The Art of Travel'' by [[Francis Galton]] (1971).

Middleton held a number of roles at the [[Royal Geographical Society]], at a time when this was still a male preserve.<ref name=indy /> She was assistant editor of [[The Geographical Journal]] for twenty years, became an Honorary Fellow in 1971 and an Honorary Vice-President in 1987.<ref name=indy />

Dorothy Middleton died on 3 February 1999 in Chelsea.<ref name=indy /><ref name=odnb /><ref name=journal /><ref name=magazine />

== Works == * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1948). co-authored with [[Clemence Dane]], London: Convoy Publications. - [[Charles Edward Stuart]] * {{cite book |title=Baker of the Nile |year=1949 |publisher=The Falcon Press |location=London |first=Dorothy |last=Middleton}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rgs.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85020 |title=Baker of the Nile |website=[[Royal Geographical Society]] |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> - [[Samuel Baker]] * {{cite book |title=Lugard in Africa |year=1959 |publisher=Hale |first1=A. A. |last1=Thomson |authorlink1=A. A. Thomson |first2=Dorothy |last2=Middleton}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01010926576 |title=Lugard in Africa |website=[[British Library]] |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> - [[Frederick Lugard]] * {{cite book |title=Victorian Lady Travellers |year=1965 |publisher=[[Routledge|Routledge & K.Paul]] |first=Dorothy |last=Middleton}}<ref>{{cite book |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01008332212 |title=Victorian lady travellers |website=[[British Library]] |year=1965 |publisher=Routledge & KPaul |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> - [[Isabella Bird]], [[Marianne North]], [[Fanny Workman]], [[May French Sheldon]], [[Annie Royle Taylor|Annie Taylor]], [[Kate Marsden]] and [[Mary Kingsley]] * ''The Diary of A. J. Mounteney Jephson'' (1969). editor, Cambridge University Press. - [[Arthur Jephson]] * {{cite book |title=The Art of Travel |year=1971 |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |first=Francis |last=Galton |authorlink=Francis Galton |editor-first=Dorothy |editor-last=Middleton}}<ref>{{cite book |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01010325826 |title=Francis Galton's Art of Travel (1872) |website=[[British Library]] |year=1970 |publisher=David & Charles |isbn=9780715351390 |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

== References ==

<ref name=indy> {{cite news | last = Mead | first = W.R. | date = 8 February 1999 | title = Obituary: Dorothy Middleton | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-dorothy-middleton-1069509.html | work = [[The Independent]] | access-date = 3 March 2020 }} </ref>

<ref name=odnb> {{cite ODNB | last = Mead | first = W.R. | id = 70780 | title = Middleton [née Butler], Dorothy }} </ref>

<ref name=journal> {{cite journal | last = Mead | first = W.R. | title = Obituaries: Dorothy Middleton 1909-1999 | journal = [[The Geographical Journal]] | volume = 169 | number = 2 | pages = 246–247 | date = July 1999 | jstor = 3060435 }} </ref>

<ref name=magazine> {{cite journal | last = Hanbury-Tenison | first = Robin | authorlink = Robin Hanbury-Tenison | title = Obituary: Dorothy Middleton | url = https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-54913159/obituary-dorothy-middleton | journal = [[Geographical (magazine)|Geographical]] | volume = 71 | number = 5 | pages = 246–247 | date = May 1999 | access-date = 5 March 2020 | url-access = subscription }} </ref>

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