James William Middleton

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James Middleton
Born James William Middleton
(1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 (age 37)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Education St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, Marlborough College, and Edinburgh University
Known for Younger brother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Parent(s)
Relatives Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (sister)
Philippa Middleton (sister)

James William Middleton (born 15 April 1987)[1] is an English businessman and member of the Middleton family. Middleton's companies include Boomf and the "Cake Kit Company" which can create themed cakes and cake-making kits for birthdays and other occasions. He is the younger brother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and read the lesson at her wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

Personal life

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See also: Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Lupton family

Middleton was born in 1987 in Reading at the Royal Berkshire Hospital,[1] the youngest child and only son of Michael Francis Middleton (born 23 June 1949), formerly a British Airways flight dispatcher,[2] and Carole Goldsmith (born 31 January 1955), formerly flight attendant.[3][4][5] His father came from a long line of solicitors who resided in Leeds, in Yorkshire, and one of James' great-grandmothers, Olive Middleton (1881-1936), was a member of the Lupton family who are described by the City of Leeds archives as "landed gentry; a business and political dynasty".[6][7] Carole Middleton's mother's family were labourers and miners from County Durham.[5][8][9][10] His elder sisters are Catherine Elizabeth (born 1982) and Philippa Charlotte (born 1983).[11]

Middleton was educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, followed by Marlborough College. He started a degree in Environmental Resources Management at Edinburgh University in 2006 but left after one year to start his business.[12][13] He has acknowledged that he is dyslexic and is speaking out to raise awareness about the condition.[14]

Business

Middleton's cake-making business was inspired by reading that a mother's baking is a highly evocative childhood memory[12] – he has said that he wanted to supply baking kits so home bakers would be able to get all the ingredients in one place for adventurous creations such as "football cakes".[12] He started baking himself, using the family kitchen, then expanded into a freight container and his business now bakes in converted barns.[12] Birthday cake baking kits are created with themes, which are then distributed through his parents' company, Party Pieces.[12][15]

Themed cakes are baked for companies such as Jigsaw, 3 and Ralph Lauren.[12] Middleton was said to have caused "shudders" at Buckingham Palace after taking part in the Hello magazine photoshoot, making 21 different cakes each was iced with one of the magazine's memorable front pages, including an image of Diana, Princess of Wales.[16] The business has been nominated for several awards,[citation needed] and won Smarta 100 and Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur awards.[citation needed]

In April 2011 he registered three more businesses: Nice Cakes, Nice Wine and Nice Group London and has indicated that he plans to further expand the Cake Kit Company.[12][16]

Middleton also co-created Boomf, a company that makes marshmallows with edible pictures on them. In February 2015, Middleton said that "my work focus at the moment is just on Boomf".[17]

It was reported in August 2015 that the company had raised £1million in funding.[18]

Royal connections and ancestry

Middleton read the lesson at the wedding of his sister Catherine to Prince William. This was the Romans chapter 12, verses 1–2 and 9–18. The reading was from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible rather than the traditional King James Version.[19]

Through his father's gentry Lupton lineage, Middleton is descended from Sir Thomas Fairfax (d.1520), whose wife, Agnes Gascoigne, was a descendant of King Edward III.[20] On his mother's side, he is descended from Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Baronet (1731-1810), himself a descendant of King Edward IV.[21]

Film

In William & Kate, a television movie released on 18 April 2011 about his sister's romance, the part of James Middleton was played by Calvin Goldspink.[22]

Arms

Arms of James William Middleton
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The Arms of James William Middleton are the Arms of his father differenced by a gold label. In heraldry, the label is the mark of the first son.
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Per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron Or, cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or, labeled Or
Family of James William Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Noel Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Mary Asquith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Peter Francis Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Francis Martineau Lupton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Olive Lupton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Harriet Albina Davis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Michael Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Frederick Glassborow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Frederick George Glassborow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Emily Jane Elliott
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Valerie Glassborow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Gavin Fullarton Robison
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Constance Robison
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Sarah Ann Gee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. James William Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. John Goldsmith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Stephen Charles Goldsmith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Jane Dorsett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Ronald Goldsmith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Theophilus Benjamin Chandler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Edith Eliza Chandler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Amelia White
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Carole Goldsmith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. John Harrison
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Thomas Harrison
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Jane Hill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Dorothy Harrison
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Thomas Temple
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Elizabeth Temple
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Elizabeth Myers
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  22. ↑ William and Kate at imdb.com, accessed 19 February 2011
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