Carole Middleton

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Carole Middleton
Carole Elizabeth Middleton on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.jpg
Born Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith
(1955-01-31) 31 January 1955 (age 69)
Perivale, London, England
Occupation Businesswoman
Spouse(s) Michael Middleton (m. 1980)
Children Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Philippa Charlotte Middleton
James William Middleton
Parent(s) Ronald Goldsmith
Dorothy Harrison
Relatives Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (son-in-law)
Prince George of Cambridge (grandson)
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (granddaughter)

Carole Elizabeth Middleton (née Goldsmith; born 31 January 1955)[1][2] is a former flight attendant turned businesswoman, and mother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her siblings, Philippa "Pippa" Charlotte Middleton and James William Middleton.[3]

Middleton's first grandchild, Prince George of Cambridge, was born on 22 July 2013 and is third in the line of succession to the British throne. On 2 May 2015, her first granddaughter, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, was born, who is now fourth in line to succeed to the British throne.

Early life

Born at Perivale Maternity Hospital, the daughter of Dorothy Harrison and Ronald Goldsmith, she is the elder sister of IT recruitment multi-millionaire Gary Goldsmith.[4] She spent her early years in a small house in Southall, attending the local state schools.[5][6][7]

She met flight dispatcher Michael Francis Middleton while working with British Airways as a flight attendant. The couple were married on 21 June 1980, at the Church of St James, in Dorney, Buckinghamshire. Leeds-born Michael was the son of pilot Captain Peter Middleton,[8] whose mother Olive, was a member of the Lupton family who are described in the City of Leeds archives as being "landed gentry; a political and business dynasty".[9][10]

Business success and husband's inherited wealth

In the mid 1980s, when her two eldest children were at a pre-school and the family was living at Bradfield Southend, she set up Party Pieces, a company which began by making party bags and which now sells party supplies and decorations by mail order. By 1995 the firm, run by both Carole and Michael, was so successful that it moved into a range of farm buildings at Ashampstead Common.[11][12] This wealth, combined with the trust funds that Michael Middleton inherited from his grandmother, Olive Middleton, has meant that the Middletons are reported to be millionaires.[13][14][15]

Carole and her husband Michael own Bucklebury Manor, in Bucklebury, West Berkshire - a substantial Grade II-listed Georgian manor house set on over 18 acres. The Middletons' grandson, Prince George spent his first few weeks at Bucklebury Manor. In 2002, Carole and Michael Middleton bought "with cash" a flat in Chelsea, London, in which their children lived after completing their university studies.[16]

The gold chevron on the coat of arms taken out by her husband Michael is in reference to Carole's maiden name of Goldsmith.[17]

Ancestry

Royal

Researchers revealed in 2011 that Carole Middleton's great-great-grandmother, Jane Liddle (d. 1881), was a great-great-granddaughter of Sir Thomas Blakiston Conyers, 9th Bt (1731–1810), himself a descendant of King Edward IV.[18][19] It was reported in December 2014 that Sir Thomas Conyers shared a direct ancestor with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, née Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002). Their common ancestor was County Durham's Sir William Blakiston. The famous Blakiston-Bowes Cabinet, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was created to celebrate the union of the Blakiston baronets and the Bowes-Lyon family. This connection makes Carole a distant blood cousin of the Queen Mother.[20][21][22]

Other

Carole's maternal great-grandfather was Durham coal miner John Harrison (1874–1956). Her paternal great-great-grandfather was John Goldsmith (d. 1888), a labourer and brick maker from Hoxton in the East End of London.[23]

Family of Carole Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John Goldsmith (Abt 1827–1888)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. John Goldsmith (1851–?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Esther Jones (Abt 1832–1885)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Stephen Charles Goldsmith (1886–1938)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. James Dorsett (Abt 1820–1893)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Jane Dorsett (1861–?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Charlotte Mercy Powell (Abt 1824–1899)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Ronald John James Goldsmith (1931–2003)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Miles Tugwell Chandler (1809–1881)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Theophilus Benjamin Chandler (1848–1935)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Eliza Jenkins (Abt 1818–1896)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Edith Eliza Chandler (1889–?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Uriah White (Abt 1806–1867)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Amelia White (1846–1927)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Jane Bowler (Abt 1807–1886)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Carole Goldsmith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. John Harrison (Abt 1835-Bef 1897)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. John Harrison (1874–1956)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Jane Liddle (Abt 1839–1881),
2nd great-granddaughter of
Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Bt. (1731–1810)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Thomas Harrison (1904–1976)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Thomas Hill (1844–?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Jane Hill (1875–?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Elizabeth Webster (1848-Abt 1891)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Dorothy Harrison (1935–2006)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Joseph Temple (1833-Aft 1901)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Thomas Temple (1871-Aft 1934)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Harriet Stone (1851-Aft 1901)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Elizabeth Mary Temple (1903–1991)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Joseph Myers (Abt 1831-Aft 1901)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Elizabeth Myers (1868–?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Ann Swales (1826-Abt 1901)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  11. ↑ Party Pieces Princess in News of the World (21 November 2010), pg. 4
  12. ↑ About us at partypieces.co.uk, accessed 19 February 2011
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