Maitland
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This article is about the surname Maitland. For other uses, see Maitland (disambiguation).
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| Meaning | "bad temper" |
| Region of origin | England, Scotland |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Maitland |
Maitland is an English and Scottish surname. It arrived in Britain after the Norman conquest of 1066. There are two theories about its source. It is either a nickname reference to "bad temper/disposition" (Old French, Maltalent; Anglo Norman French, mautalent; Latin malum talentum), or it may be a locational reference to Mautalant, a place in Pontorson, France. The earliest public record of the surname dates to 1170 in Northumberland.[1] People with surname include:
- Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale (c. 1620 - 1691), Scottish judge
- Clover Maitland (b. 1972), Australian women's field hockey player
- Edward Maitland (aviator) (18??-1921), British military aviator
- Edward Maitland (1824 - 1897), English humanitarian writer
- Frank Maitland (1909 - 2001)
- Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906), English jurist and historian
- Frederick Lewis Maitland, father and son, distinguished officers in the Royal Navy
- Frederick Maitland, English General, Napoleonic era
- James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), representative peer for Scotland in the House of Lords
- John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1537-1595), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
- John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682), Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry
- Lady Olga Maitland (b.1944), British politician
- Peregrine Maitland (1777-1854), British soldier and colonial administrator
- Richard Maitland (1496 - 1586), Senator of the College of Justice, Ordinary Lord of Session, Scottish poet
- William Maitland of Lethington (1525-1573), 'Secretary Lethington' to Mary I of Scotland
- Henry Maitland Wilson (1881-1964), British Army general
- James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997), American actor, widely known as James Stewart or Jimmy Stewart.
[edit] References
- ^ Surname: Maitland. surnamedb.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
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