Admiral Sir George Nathaniel Broke-Middleton, 3rd Baronet, CB (26 April 1812 – 14 January 1887) was a British Royal Navy officer.
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Early life
Broke-Middleton was the second son of eleven children born to Sarah Louisa Middleton and Sir Philip Broke, 1st Baronet, a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth Beaumont and Philip Bowes Broke of Broke Hall, Nacton, near Ipswich (a grandson of Philip Broke and descendant of Sir Richard Broke, who served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer). His maternal grandparents were Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Baronet and Harriot Acton (the daughter and eventual heiress of Nathaniel Acton of Bramford Hall, Suffolk).
Career
He entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman on 16 August 1825. By 4 November 1840, he had gained the rank of Commander while serving on HMS Thunderbolt. On 18 December 1845, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and in 1855 took command of HMS Gladiator, seeing active service in the Crimean War. In 1858, Broke took command of HMS Centurion, and in March 1859 became captain of HMS Hero. The following month he was invalided out of regular naval service. He was promoted to the rank of retired Rear Admiral on 3 December 1863, Vice Admiral on 1 April 1870 and Admiral on 22 January 1877.