Marmaduke Middleton (died 1593) was an English bishop.
Life He was educated at the University of Oxford, but left before graduating.Concise Dictionary of National Biography He was vicar of Coolock and Dunboyne, in Ireland, and then rector of Killare, County Meath. In 1579 he became bishop of Waterford and Lismore, in the Church of Ireland. In office during the Desmond Rebellions, he complained of the strong Catholic and rebel feeling in Waterford,The Rise of Feagh McHugh O'Byrne in Gaelic LeinsterThe Church in Ireland During the Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth (1553-1603) @ ELCore.Net and the attitude of the Mayor Patrick Walsh.The Church – The Other Side – Waterford County MuseumPatrick Rafroidi, Barbara Hayley, Christopher Murray, Ireland and France, a Bountiful Friendship: Literature, History, and Ideas (2002), p. 10.
In 1582 he was translated, becoming bishop of St Davids in Wales.St Davids Cathedral: Bishop - Past Bishops He was attacked by Lewis Gunter, who made many accusations against him.Natalie Mears, Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms (2005), p. 242. He then faced charges in the Court of High Commission, including forgery of a will.History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, Volume 2 - Part IV He was deprived of his see in 1593, dying shortly afterwards.
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