Edward Francis Maitland, Lord Barcaple (1803–1870) was a Scottish advocate and judge and Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

He was born at 36 George Square in

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on 16 April 1803, the son of Adam Maitland of Dundrennan. He was educated at the

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in Edinburgh then studied law at the

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, graduating with an MA. The brother of

Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan (9 October 1792 – 10 June 1851) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was Solicitor General for Scotland between 1840 and 1841 and again between 1846 and 1850. He was also Member of Parliament A member of par ...

, he became an advocate in 1831, and served in government as

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from 1855–1858 and from 1859–1862. He was appointed a

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, with the judicial title Lord Barcaple, in 1862. In the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer was

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. He served as Sheriff of Argyllshire from 9 July 1851, until becoming solicitor-general for Scotland under

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from 14 February 1855 to 17 March 1858, and from 27 June 1859 to 10 November 1862. As a lord of the court of session, with the title of Lord Barcaple, he sat on the bench from 10 November 1862 till his death. He was curator and assessor of the

in 1859, and rector of the

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in 1860. The University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in later life. He died at 3 Ainslie Place, on the Moray Estate in west Edinburgh, on 23 February 1870. He is buried on the north wall of Dean Cemetery adjacent to the central gap leading to the north extension.

Family

In 1840, he married Emily Roberts (1813–1854) a daughter of William Roberts, a

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banker. They had daughters Ann Maitland (1852–1915) and Helen (1846–1915) and a son Thomas (1849–1929).Maitland grave, Dean Cemetery

Arms

References

* 1803 births 1870 deaths Members of the Faculty of Advocates Barcaple Scottish politicians Rectors of the University of Aberdeen Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Lawyers from Edinburgh Solicitors General for Scotland People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 19th-century Scottish judges {{Scotland-law-bio-stub