William Fowle Middleton

Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Baronet (8 November 1748 – 26 December 1829) was an English Member of Parliament and High Sheriff.

He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and Caius College, Cambridge and succeeded his father in 1775.

He had married Harriot, the daughter and eventual heiress of Nathaniel Acton of Bramford Hall, Suffolk and had 1 son and 2 daughters.

He was succeeded by his only son, Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Baronet.

His daughter Sarah Louisa married Philip Broke, later Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet.

Shrubland Hall as remodelled by the 2nd Baronet