Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale
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Patrick Francis Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale FRGS (17 March 1911 – 2 December 2008), styled Hon. Patrick Maitland from 1953 to 1968, was a British
Conservative
politician.
, West Sussex
, and Brasenose College, Oxford
(B.A. Hons., 1933), he then entered a career in journalism. During the Second World War he served as Special Correspondent (Balkans
& Danubian) for The Times 1939–1941, and in the latter year was also Special Correspondent for the Washington News Chronicle. He was then War Correspondent for the News Chronicle in the Pacific
, Australia
, and New Zealand
1941–1943, and then joined the British Foreign Office, 1943–1945.
(MP) for Lanark
, after its previous MP (and future Prime Minister) Alec Douglas-Home
was disqualified after succeeding to his father's peerage
. Maitland held the seat until 1959 when it was taken by Labour
candidate Judith Hart. From 1957 to 1959 he was Founder-Chairman of the Expanding Commonwealth Group at the House of Commons
, where he was also Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Energy, and Transport.
Maitland succeeded his brother, The Reverend Alfred Maitland, 16th Earl of Lauderdale (d.s.p.) as 17th Earl of Lauderdale, 18th Lord Maitland, 17th Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, 13th Nova Scotia Baronet of Ravelrig and Hereditary Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland in 1968. He was also a parliamentary member (House of Lords
) of the Conservative Monday Club
; and was Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on EEC
Scrutiny 1974–1979, Vice-Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers Committee 1980–1987, Vice-Chairman and co-founder of the parliamentary group for Energy Studies 1980–1999, appointed Chairman of the 'Church in Danger' All-Party Parliamentary Group 1988. He was a Life member of the Society for Individual Freedom
. At the time of his death, he was the second oldest living former Member of Parliament, exceeded only by Bert Hazell
.
, Consultant in Economic Geography, an Industrial Consultant, a former editor of The Fleet Street Letter Service (an agency for political and diplomatic news), and editor of The Whitehall Letter. He was a member of the College of Guardians of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
, Norfolk
1955–1982, and was President of The Church Union
1956–1961. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
and a member of the Travellers Club
in London and the New Club
in Edinburgh
. He was also the Hereditary Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland, and Clan Chief
of Clan Maitland
His publications include:
, Yugoslavia
, granddaughter of Professor Sima Losanitch
, chemist
, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, first rector of University of Belgrade
, minister of foreign affairs, ambassador of the Kingdom of Serbia
in London
etc., and had issue:
United Kingdom
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Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician.
Early life
Educated at LancingLancing College
Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school in the British public school tradition, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
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, and Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, it has an estimated financial endowment of £98m...
(B.A. Hons., 1933), he then entered a career in journalism. During the Second World War he served as Special Correspondent (Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
& Danubian) for The Times 1939–1941, and in the latter year was also Special Correspondent for the Washington News Chronicle. He was then War Correspondent for the News Chronicle in the Pacific
Pacific Ocean
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
1941–1943, and then joined the British Foreign Office, 1943–1945.
Politics
In 1951, he was elected a Member of ParliamentMember of Parliament
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(MP) for Lanark
Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)
Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system....
, after its previous MP (and future Prime Minister) Alec Douglas-Home
Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
was disqualified after succeeding to his father's peerage
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
. Maitland held the seat until 1959 when it was taken by Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
candidate Judith Hart. From 1957 to 1959 he was Founder-Chairman of the Expanding Commonwealth Group at the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
, where he was also Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Energy, and Transport.
Maitland succeeded his brother, The Reverend Alfred Maitland, 16th Earl of Lauderdale (d.s.p.) as 17th Earl of Lauderdale, 18th Lord Maitland, 17th Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, 13th Nova Scotia Baronet of Ravelrig and Hereditary Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland in 1968. He was also a parliamentary member (House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
) of the Conservative Monday Club
Conservative Monday Club
The Conservative Monday Club is a British pressure group "on the right-wing" of the Conservative Party.-Overview:...
; and was Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on EEC
European Economic Community
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Scrutiny 1974–1979, Vice-Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers Committee 1980–1987, Vice-Chairman and co-founder of the parliamentary group for Energy Studies 1980–1999, appointed Chairman of the 'Church in Danger' All-Party Parliamentary Group 1988. He was a Life member of the Society for Individual Freedom
Society for Individual Freedom
The Society for Individual Freedom is a United Kingdom-based association of libertarians, classical liberals, free-market conservatives and others promoting individual freedom....
. At the time of his death, he was the second oldest living former Member of Parliament, exceeded only by Bert Hazell
Bert Hazell
Bertie Hazell, CBE , also known as Bert Hazell, was a British Labour Party politician and trade union activist....
.
Other
Lauderdale's other roles included being a Director of Elf Aquitaine (UK) Holdings Ltd.Elf Aquitaine
Elf Aquitaine was a French oil company which merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf. The new company changed its name to Total in 2003...
, Consultant in Economic Geography, an Industrial Consultant, a former editor of The Fleet Street Letter Service (an agency for political and diplomatic news), and editor of The Whitehall Letter. He was a member of the College of Guardians of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Our Lady of Walsingham
Our Lady of Walsingham is a title used for Mary, the mother of Jesus. The title derives from the belief that Mary appeared in a vision to Richeldis de Faverches, a devout Saxon noblewoman, in 1061 in the village of Walsingham in Norfolk, England...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
1955–1982, and was President of The Church Union
The Church Union
The Church Union is an Anglo-Catholic advocacy group within the Church of England.The organisation was founded as the Church of England Protection Society on May 12, 1859 to challenge the authority of the English civil courts to determine questions of doctrine...
1956–1961. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
and a member of the Travellers Club
Travellers Club
The Travellers Club is a gentlemen's club standing at 106 Pall Mall, London. It is the oldest of the surviving Pall Mall clubs, having been established in 1819, and was recently described by the Los Angeles Times as "the quintessential English gentleman's club." Visits are possible by invitation...
in London and the New Club
New Club
The New Club, established in 1787, is a private club in the New Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland.The Club originally met in Bayle's Tavern in Shakespeare Square at the east end of Princes Street. It then acquired its own premises in St Andrew's Square before moving to its present site at 86 Princes...
in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
. He was also the Hereditary Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland, and Clan Chief
Scottish clan chief
The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. In early times, and possibly even today, clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the Scottish clan. From its perceived founder a clan takes its name. The clan chief is the representative of this founder, and...
of Clan Maitland
Clan Maitland
-Origins of the clan:The name Maitland is of Norman origin and was originally spelt Mautalent, Matulant or Matalan, it translates as "evil genius". The Mautalents come from the village of Les Moitiers d'Allonne near Carteret in Normandy. The name is found to occur frequently in Northumberland...
His publications include:
- European Dateline (1945)
- Task for Giants (1957)
Marriage
On 20 July 1936, he married Stanka (died 2003), elder daughter of Professor Milivoje Losanitch (serb. Lozanić), from BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, granddaughter of Professor Sima Losanitch
Sima Lozanic
Sima Lozanić was a Serbian chemist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, the first rector of the University of Belgrade, minister of foreign affairs, minister of industry and diplomat.-Biography:...
, chemist
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, first rector of University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
, minister of foreign affairs, ambassador of the Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenović, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karađorđevic dynasty from 1817 onwards . The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, had expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de...
in London
London
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etc., and had issue:
- Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale (born 4 November 1937) Lieutenant, Royal Navy Reserve, member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland, Royal Company of ArchersRoyal Company of ArchersThe Royal Company of Archers is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland, a role it has performed since 1822 and the reign of King George IV, when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his visit to Scotland. It is currently known as the Queen's...
, and a banker. He is married, and has issue. His son is John Douglas Maitland, now Master of Lauderdale (b. 1965), who is divorced, with no issue. - Lady Olga MaitlandLady Olga MaitlandLady Helen Olga Hay , better known as Lady Olga Maitland, is a former British Conservative politician.-Family and education:The daughter of Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, she was educated at St. Mary and St...
, (born 23 May 1944), who also became a prominent politician and Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, 1992–1997.; 1969 married Robin William Patrick Hamilton Hay, M.A., LL.B., a Crown Court Recorder. They have two sons and a daughter. - Lady (Caroline Charlotte) Militza Maitland (1946-2010)a counseller and physiotherapist.
- Rev. Hon. Sydney Milivoje Patrick Maitland (born 23 June 1951), a priest of the Scottish Episcopal Church..
External links
- Clan Maitland website
- Calum MacDonald "94-year-old earl ‘tricked into selling family heirloom for £100’" Museum Security Network Mailinglist, September 15, 2006. In 2005-2006, the 94-year-old earl, suffering from dementia, was cheated by a bogus antique dealer. Retrieved 8 December 2008. The heirloom was recovered by his daughter Olga who discovered the identity of the dealer.