John Whitaker Maitland (1831-1909) was the rector of Loughton, lord of the manor, and owner of

Loughton Hall Loughton Hall is a large house in Rectory Lane, Loughton, Essex. The architect was William Eden Nesfield, and it is grade II listed with Historic England. It is now a 33-bedroom residential care home for elderly people. History The original Loug ...

Early life

He was the third son of

William Whitaker Maitland William Whitaker Maitland (1794-1861) was a British landowner, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1836. He was the son of John Maitland, politician and landowner. He inherited Woodford Hall, a large house in Woodford, Essex, with 50 acres of land ad ...

, landowner and High Sheriff of Essex. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

, and

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...

Career

had been destroyed by fire in 1836, and after Maitland received £30,000 from the

City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London fr ...

for enclosing parts of Epping Forest which he owned, he rebuilt in 1878. It was designed by William Eden Nesfield in a mock Jacobean style.

Personal life

He married Venetia Neave, daughter of Sir Digby Neave, 3rd Baronet and Hon. Mary Arundell. He is the grandfather of the politician Sir John Maitland through his son William Whitaker Maitland.

References

1831 births 1909 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge John Whitaker 19th-century British businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-stub