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Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet (21 March 1728 – 15 February 1820) was a
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/ref> *Major-General - 25 May 1772 *Lieutenant-General - 29 August 1777 *General - 12 October 1793 He was Colonel of the
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Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet (21 March 1728 – 15 February 1820) was a general
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
in the British Army
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Haydn's ''Book of Dignities'' (1851p. 319
and the first of the
Maitland baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Maitland, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2008 while the other is either dormant or ...
of Clifton.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 He was the fifth son of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale.
Maitland's promotions were as follows:
*Colonel - 19 February 1762Philippart (1820)volume I, page 280
/ref> *Major-General - 25 May 1772 *Lieutenant-General - 29 August 1777 *General - 12 October 1793 He was Colonel of the
49th Regiment of Foot
The 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1743. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Princess ...
from 1768 to 1820, a total of 52 years.
Maitland was made Baronet of Clifton in the County of Midlothian, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 30 November 1818.
He died on 15 February 1820 and is buried at St Andrew's church, Totteridge, in north London. A memorial plaque inside the church remembers him and other members of his family.
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