John Maule (1706 – 2 July 1781), of

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, Forfarshire, was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1739 to 1748. Maule was the second surviving son of Harry Maule, of Kellie, Forfar and his second wife Anne Lindsay, daughter of Patrick Lindsay of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. His father was shire commissioner in the

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. He was half brother to

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. Maule was secretary to Lord Ilay, later

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, who was manager of elections in Scotland for Walpole and the Pelhams. In 1737 Maule was appointed Keeper of Register of Sasines. He was returned unopposed as

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for

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at a by election on 8 June 1739 and supported the administration. He was elected again at the

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but at the time of the second Jacobite rebellion of 1745 came under suspicion of being a Jacobite because of his ancestry. However he was classed as 'Old Whig' in 1746 and was returned unopposed at the

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. He resigned his seat a year later in 1748 when he was appointed Baron of the Scottish Exchequer Maule died unmarried on 2 July 1781.

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* 1706 births 1781 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 {{Scotland-GreatBritain-MP-stub