John Maitland (colonel)

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Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel John Maitland (1732 - Oct 25, 1779) was the tenth son of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale and Lady Elizabeth Ogilvie. He was a member of the Royal Marines prior to joining the 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders in 1777. He had lost a hand while fighting in the East Indies.

Maitland fought at the Battle of Stono Ferry, where he commanded the British redoubt, and helped lift the Siege of Savannah during the American Revolutionary War. He died of a fever shortly after the siege was lifted.

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British Peerage (published 1832), p 213.
"The Siege of Savannah", ed. Franklin Benjamin Hough, 1866.
"Highlanders in America", John Patterson MacLean, 1900. pp 352-358.