Sir Adam Maitland (25 May 1885 – 5 October 1949) Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, ''Dod's parliamentary companion'', Publisher Dod's Parliamentary Companion, ltd., 1943.
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"Sir Adam Maitland", ''The Times'' (London), Saturday, 8 October 1949, page 7, Issue 51507 was a British

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(MP) for

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in Kent. He entered

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as a result of the 25 January 1928 Faversham by-election, and held his seat until 1945. An accountant by profession, he was a Fellow of the Society of Accountants and Auditors. He received a

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in 1936, had been a director of the '' Pall Mall Gazette and Globe'', and a director of the London board of the

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Maitland was born in

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, on 25 May 1885 to Joseph Maitland (b.~1853) of

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and his wife Mary (b.~1855). Educated privately, on 6 Sep 1911, he married Nancy Helen, the daughter of Henry Chadwick of Bury, Lancs.England Marriages, 1538–1973 for Adam Maitland
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