Given the question: What key details about arthur middleton  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: arthur middleton -lrb- june 26 , 1742 -- january 1 , 1787 -rrb- , of charleston , south carolina , was a signatory of the united states declaration of independence . his parents were henry middleton and mary baker williams , both of english descent . he was educated in britain , at harrow school , westminster school , and trinity hall , cambridge . he studied law at the middle temple and traveled extensively in europe where his taste in literature , music , and art was developed and refined . in 1764 , arthur and his bride mary izard settled at middleton place . keenly interested in carolina politics , middleton was a more radical thinker than his father , henry middleton . he was a leader of the american party in carolina and one of the boldest members of the council of safety and its secret committee . in 1776 , arthur was elected to succeed his father in the continental congress and subsequently was a signer of the united states declaration of independence . also in 1776 , he and william henry drayton designed the great seal of south carolina . despite the time he spent in england , his attitude toward loyalists was said to be ruthless . during the american revolutionary war , middleton served in the defense of charleston . after the city 's fall to the british in 1780 , he was sent as a prisoner of war to st. augustine , florida -lrb- along with edward rutledge and thomas hayward jr. -rrb- , until exchanged in july the following year . middleton died on january 1 , 1787 at the age of 44 and was buried in the family tomb in the gardens at middleton place.the death notice from the state gazette of south-carolina -lrb- sc -rrb- , jan. 4 , 1787 , described him as a `` tender husband and parent , humane master , steady unshaken patriot , the gentleman , and the scholar . '' the plantation then passed to henry , his eldest son , later governor of south carolina , u.s. representative and minister to russia . the united states navy ship , uss `` arthur middleton '' -lrb- ap-55 / apa-25 -rrb- , was named for him...
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- death place is `` the oaks '' near charleston , south carolina- signature is arthur middleton signature.png- known for is signer of the united states declaration of independence- resting place is middleton place gardens and tomb , charleston- caption is arthur family by benjamin west middleton from a 1771 portrait of the middleton- death date is 1 january 1787- birth date is 21 march 1742- name is arthur middleton- image is arthur middleton from a painting by benjamin west.jpg- birth place is charleston , province of south carolina