James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale (25 January 1718 – 17 August 1789), and was one of the sixteen representative peers for Scotland in the

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Life

James Maitland was born the eldest son of

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(the second but eldest surviving son of

John Maitland, 5th Earl of Lauderdale John Maitland (later Lauder), 5th Earl of Lauderdale (1655 – 30 August 1710, both at Haltoun House, Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland) was a Scottish judge and politician who supported the Acts of Union. Biography Maitland was the second son of Cha ...

and Lady Margaret Cunningham) and Lady Elizabeth Ogilvy, daughter of

James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield, (11 July 166419 August 1730) was a Scottish politician. Life Findlater was the 2nd son of James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater and Lady Anne Montgomerie, a daughter of Hugh Montgom ...

and Anne Dunbar. He served for twenty-five years in the army; and was appointed

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of the

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on 20 September 1745. He resigned his commission upon the promotion of a junior officer above him. He was also unlucky under the

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which abolished heritable jurisdictions, when he got for the

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of Thirlestane and bailiary of Lauderdale £1000, instead of the £8000 he claimed. He was a Lord of Police from February 1766 until the abolition of that board in 1782; and Rector of the

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from 1779 to 1781. Lord Lauderdale died at

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Family

On 24 April 1749 he married Mary Turner (d. 1789), daughter of Sir Thomas de Lombe, Knt., Alderman of the

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, by whom he obtained a large fortune. They had twelve children, 6 boys and 6 girls. His son and heir,

James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (26 January 1759 – 10 September 1839) was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and a representative peer for Scotland in the House of Lords. Early years Born at Haltoun House near Ratho, the eldest s ...

began his career as a revolutionary in France and later made a name for himself as one of Britain's leading economic thinkers, who first identified the economic significance and effect on economic growth of budget surpluses and deficits. This thinking was later developed and systematised by Lord Keynes. The third son was Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland, GCB, GCH (1759–1824), governor and commander-in-chief at Ceylon, then of Malta and the Ionian Islands.

References

* Douglas, Sir Robert, ''The Peerage'', vol. ii, p. 76. * Burke, Messrs. John and John Bernard, ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants'', etc., London, 1851, vol. 2, pedigree LXXXIV. * Lodge, Edmund,

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, ''The Peerage of the British Empire'', 27th edition, London, 1858, p. 339. * Anderson, William, ''The Scottish Nation'', Edinburgh, 1867, vol. vi, p. 637. 1718 births 1789 deaths Scottish soldiers

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Maitland, James Rectors of the University of Glasgow Scottish representative peers {{Scotland-earl-stub