Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale
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Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale (d. 1691), was the second son of John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale (d.1645). Charles married, in 1652, Elizabeth, younger daughter of Richard Lauder, Laird of Haltoun, (nr.Ratho), Sheriff Principal for Edinburgh, &c., and the owner of extensive properties at Lauder, all of which passed to the Earl upon and after his marriage, the elder daughter having been provided with a money dowry.
Charles Maitland became a Lord of Session Ordinary as Lord Haltoun in 1669, afterwards assisting his brother, the duke, (whom he succeeded as Earl of Lauderdale), in the management of public business in Scotland. He left six sons and two daughters, his eldest son and heir being Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale.
By charter of novodamus of 1676, later ratified by the Scots Parliament, Charles II granted Charles Maitland "the office of bearing our insignia within our said realm of Scotland". But in 1952, the Lord Lyon decided that the Earl of Lauderdale's right was to bear the saltire as the Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland, whereas the Earl of Dundee as the Bearer of the Royal Banner bears the Royal Standard of the lion rampant.
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- J.Stewart Smith (1898). The Grange of St.Giles.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded by John Maitland |
Earl of Lauderdale 1682-1691 |
Succeeded by Richard Maitland |
