Charles Maitland (''c.'' 1704 – 13 November 1751) was a

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politician. He was son of Hon Alexander Arbuthnot, Baron of the Exchequer and MP in the Scottish Parliament who had assumed the surname of his wife Jean Maitland, the heiress of Sir Charles Maitland, Bt of Pitrichie. He succeeded his father to the Pitrichie estate in 1721. He qualified as an advocate in 1727 and was the first Sheriff-Depute of Edinburgh in 1748. Later that year he was appointed a

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and was replaced as Sheriff-Depute. He represented

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in the British Parliament from 1748 to 1751. He died unmarried in 1751.

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* 1700s births 1751 deaths People from Aberdeenshire Scottish sheriffs Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 {{Scotland-GreatBritain-MP-stub