Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale
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Admiral of the Fleet Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale, GCB (3 February 1803–1 September 1878) was a Royal Navy officer and peer.
Maitland was born in 1803 at Frankfort, County Cork and was the only son of Gen. Hon. William Maitland (himself the fourth son of James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale) and his first wife, Mary.
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[edit] Career
Maitland joined the navy in 1816 and was promoted to lieutenant for service aboard HMS Euryalus in 1823. In 1825, he was appointed to serve aboard HMS Superb at Portsmouth and to HMS Ganges in 1826 on the South American station. Promoted to commander in 1827, he commanded HMS Sparrowhawk from 1832-33 in the West Indies, bringing home a treasure of $589,405 and 42 bales of cochineal.
From 1835-37, Maitland commanded HMS Tweed on the north coast of Spain during the Spanish Civil War, for which he received the cross of the Order of Charles III and Saint Fernando. In 1837, he was promoted to captain and took command of HMS Wellesley on the East India station and saw action off the Persian Gulf in 1839 and during the First Opium War from 1840-41, for which he was appointed a CB in 1841.
In 1843, Maitland was knighted and was Captain of the Gunnery School at Portsmouth from 1854-57. In 1857 he was promoted to Rear-Admiral and was Commander-in-Chief, Pacific from 1860-62. He was appointed KCB in 1865, First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp from 1866-73, GCB in 1873 and Admiral in 1868 and Admiral of the Fleet in 1877 on his retirement.
[edit] Family
On 7 February 1828, Maitland married Amelia Young at Rio de Janeiro (whilst posted in South America) and they had four children:
- Thomas Mordaunt (1838-1844)
- Isabel Anne (d. 1854)
- Lady Alice Charlotte Maitland (d. 1883)
- Lady Mary Jane (1847-1918), married Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath.
[edit] Death
Lord Lauderdale died in 1878 at the family home, Thirlestane Castle in Berwickshire. As his only son predeceased him, his titles and hereditary offices passed to his second cousin once removed, Charles Barclay-Maitland.
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| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded by Anthony Maitland |
Earl of Lauderdale 1863–1878 |
Succeeded by Charles Barclay-Maitland |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir William Parker, Bt. |
First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 1866–1873 |
Succeeded by Sir James Hope |
