James Maidment

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James Maidment (1794, London - 1879, Edinburgh) was a British antiquary and collector.

He passed through Edinburgh University to the Scottish bar, and was chief authority on genealogical cases; his hobby was the collection of literary rarities, and he published editions of ancient literary remains.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.