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John Maitland

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John Maitland

Birth
Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Death
18 Jan 1645 (aged 71–72)
Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Burial
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Add to Map
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John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, was President of the Parliament of Scotland as well as the Privy Council, a lawyer and a judge, who sided with the Parliamentarian cause during the Civil War.

John was the son of Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Thirlestane and Jean Fleming, only daughter and heiress of the Fourth Lord Fleming. John was admitted a member of the Privy Council of Scotland on 20 July 1615.
John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, was President of the Parliament of Scotland as well as the Privy Council, a lawyer and a judge, who sided with the Parliamentarian cause during the Civil War.

John was the son of Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Thirlestane and Jean Fleming, only daughter and heiress of the Fourth Lord Fleming. John was admitted a member of the Privy Council of Scotland on 20 July 1615.


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