Thomas Myddelton Biddulph

Sir Thomas Myddelton Biddulph (29 July 1809 – 28 September 1878) was an officer in the British Army and courtier.

He was the second son of Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1761–1814) of Ledbury and younger brother of Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1805–1872) of Chirk Castle. He was educated at Eton College.

Biddulph entered the Army with the purchase of a commission as cornet and sub-lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards on 7 October 1826. He purchased further promotion to lieutenant on 23 February 1829 and captain on 16 May 1834. In 1837 and 1841 his brother Robert unsuccessfully tried to have him elected as Member of Parliament for the Denbigh Boroughs. Biddulph was granted brevet rank as a major on 9 November 1846.

On 16 July 1851, Biddulph was appointed Master of the Household to Queen Victoria, an office for which he had been selected by . On 31 October that year, he purchased the substantive rank of major in the 7th Light Dragoons, and then the rank of lieutenant-colonel on the unattached list the same day. He was made an Extra Equerry to the Queen on 16 July 1854 and promoted to brevet colonel on 29 January 1857, with seniority later antedated to 28 November 1854.

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