James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale
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James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale (25 January 1718 – 17 August 1789), and was one of the sixteen representative peer
s for Scotland in the House of Lords
.
James Maitland served for twenty-five years in the army; and was appointed Lieutenant-colonel of the 16th Regiment of Foot on 20 September 1745. He resigned his commission upon the promotion of a junior officer above him.
He was also unlucky under the Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746
which abolished heritable jurisdictions, when he got for the Regality
of Thirlestane and bailiary of Lauderdale £1000, instead of the £8000 he claimed.
He was a Lord of Police from February 1766 until the abolition of that board in 1782; and Rector of Glasgow University from 1779 to 1781.
Lord Lauderdale died at Haltoun House
.
On 24 April 1749 he married Mary Turner (d.1789), only child and heiress of Sir Thomas de Lombe, Knt., Alderman of the City of London
, by whom he obtained a large fortune. They had twelve children, 6 boys and 6 girls.
His son and heir, James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
began his career as a revolutionary in France and later made a name for himself as one of Britain's leading economic thinkers, who first identified the economic significance and effect on economic growth of budget surpluses and deficits. This thinking was later developed and systematised by Lord Keynes.
The third son was Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland, GCB, GCH (1759–1824), governor and commander-in-chief at Ceylon, then of Malta and the Ionian Islands.
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
s for Scotland in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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James Maitland served for twenty-five years in the army; and was appointed Lieutenant-colonel of the 16th Regiment of Foot on 20 September 1745. He resigned his commission upon the promotion of a junior officer above him.
He was also unlucky under the Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746
Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746
The Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 was an Act of the British Parliament passed in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745....
which abolished heritable jurisdictions, when he got for the Regality
Regality
A regality was a territorial jurisdiction in old Scots law which might be created by the King only, by granting lands to a subject in liberam regalitatem, and also the tract of land over which such a right extended....
of Thirlestane and bailiary of Lauderdale £1000, instead of the £8000 he claimed.
He was a Lord of Police from February 1766 until the abolition of that board in 1782; and Rector of Glasgow University from 1779 to 1781.
Lord Lauderdale died at Haltoun House
Haltoun House
Haltoun House, or Hatton House, was a Scottish baronial mansion set in a park, with extensive estates in the vicinity of Ratho, in the west of Edinburgh City Council area, Scotland...
.
On 24 April 1749 he married Mary Turner (d.1789), only child and heiress of Sir Thomas de Lombe, Knt., Alderman of the City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
, by whom he obtained a large fortune. They had twelve children, 6 boys and 6 girls.
His son and heir, James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale KT PC was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and a representative peer for Scotland in the House of Lords.-Early years:...
began his career as a revolutionary in France and later made a name for himself as one of Britain's leading economic thinkers, who first identified the economic significance and effect on economic growth of budget surpluses and deficits. This thinking was later developed and systematised by Lord Keynes.
The third son was Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland, GCB, GCH (1759–1824), governor and commander-in-chief at Ceylon, then of Malta and the Ionian Islands.