Maitland baronets of Clifton (1818)

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The Maitland, later Gibson-Maitland, later Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, later Maitland baronetcy, of Clifton in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 November 1818 for General the Hon. Alexander Maitland. He was the fifth son of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale. [1] The 2nd Baronet assumed the additional surname of Gibson. The 3rd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian. He assumed the additional surname of Ramsay. The 5th Baronet and his successors have used the surname of Maitland only. [2]

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Maitland, later Gibson-Maitland, later Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, later Maitland baronets, of Clifton (1818)

Extended family

Frederick Maitland, fourth son of the 1st Baronet, was a General in the British Army.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 415.
  2. "Official Roll of the Baronetage". baronetage.org. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. "Maitland, Sir John Nisbet" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Maitland, Sir John" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Maitland, Lieut-Colonel Sir (George) Ramsay" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Maitland, Sir Alexander (Keith)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Maitland, Sir Richard John" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Official Roll of the Baronetage". baronetage.org. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  9. "Maitland, Charles Alexander" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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