Frederick Colin Maitland, 14th Earl of Lauderdale OBE DL (12 April 1868 – 14 September 1931) was a Scottish peer and landowner. Known by the courtesy title of Viscount Maitland before he inherited the

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, he fought in the

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and later in the

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. Lauderdale was a

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, with a seat in the

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, from 1929 until his death.Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage'' (106th edition, 1999, vol. II, ) p. 1,647

Life

The elder son of the 13th Earl of Lauderdale, by his first wife, Charlotte Sleigh, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sleigh of the

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, Maitland was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1886, transferred to the 2nd Dragoons in 1887 and to the

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in 1894, from which he retired as a

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. After the outbreak of the

in late 1899, he volunteered for active service with the

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in South Africa and was appointed adjutant of the 20th battalion on 21 March 1900. He served in South Africa 1900–1901, when he was mentioned in despatches. After his return, he was Assistant Director of Auxiliary Forces on the Headquarters Staff from 1904 to 1908. He saw further active service in the European War of 1914–1918, in which he was wounded. He was appointed OBE in 1919 and succeeded his father in 1924, taking up residence at

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near

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in Scotland.'Lauderdale, 14th Earl of' in ''

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, December 2007, accessed 21 February 2014] (subscription site) In 1929 Lauderdale was elected a Representative Peer for Scotland. In 1890, he married Gwendoline Lucy, a younger daughter of Judge Robert Vaughan-Williams of Bodlonfla,

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, and they had one son,

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, who succeeded his father in 1931. He was elected a member of the Royal Photographic Society in 1896 and widely exhibited his work and wrote about photography. Members of the Royal Photographic Society 1853-1901 http://rpsmembers.dmu.ac.uk/rps_results.php?mid=1744 Accessed 31 July 2019

Honours

*Member of the

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, 1903 *Ensign of the

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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauderdale, Frederick Maitland, 14th Earl of 1868 births 1931 deaths British Army personnel of World War I Deputy Lieutenants of Berwickshire Earls of Lauderdale Officers of the Order of the British Empire Scots Guards officers City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) officers Members of the Royal Company of Archers Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms