John Maitland, 5th Earl of Lauderdale
John Maitland (later Lauder), 5th Earl of Lauderdale (1655 – 30 August 1710, both at Haltoun House, Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland) was a Scottish judge and politician who supported the Acts of Union.
Biography
Maitland was the second son of Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, and succeeded his elder brother Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale in the Earldom in 1695.
On 8 July 1691 he had a charter of the Barony of Haltoun and by that was obliged to assume the surname and designation of Lauder of Haltoun in lieu of Maitland of Ravelrig. Foster is unclear on dates but says that he definitely assumed the designation of John Lauder of Haltoun in lieu of Maitland of Ravelrig.
On 30 July 1680 he was admitted to the
He is recorded as Member of Parliament for
About 1690 he was appointed Colonel of the Edinburghshire Militia, and was General of The Mint in 1699.
Family
About 1680 Sir John married Margaret (c1662 – 1742), daughter of Alexander Cunningham, 10th Earl of Glencairn by whom he had three sons and a daughter. His daughter Elizabeth married James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford, and his son and heir was Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale, (1688–1744).
References
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- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol. 6, p. 334.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Privy Council Page
Further reading
- The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, etc., by Messrs, John and John Bernard Burke, London, 1851, vol.2, pedigree LXXXIV.
- Collectanea Genealogica, by Foster, London, 1882 – 'Members of Parliament, Scotland'.
- The Scots Peerage, by Sir James Balfour Paul, under 'Lauderdale'.
- The Pedigree Register, edited by George Sherwood, volume 3, London, 1914, pps: 144–5.
- The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1523 – 1943, edited by Sir Francis J. Grant, K.C.V.O., LL.D., W.S., Edinburgh, 1944.
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