This officer entered the Royal Naval College 28 Dec. 1825; and embarked, in March, 1827, as a Volunteer, on board the Wellesley 74, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, at first on the Lisbon, and then on the Mediterranean station, where, in July, 1830, two years after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Wasp 18, Capt. Brunswick Popham. Towards the close of 1831, after he had served for a few months in the Channel and North Sea in the Imogene, Capt. Price Blackwood, he sailed for the East Indies in the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore. On his return in 1832 with the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Southampton 52, Capt. John Milligan Laws, we find him employed off Antwerp during the period of General Gerard’s attack on the citadel of that place. He next, in Jan. 1833 (in March of which year he passed his examination), joined the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay, with whom he served off Lisbon and on the north coast of Spain until Jan. 1836. On leaving the latter vessel Mr. Maitland was placed under the orders of Capt. Peter John Douglas in the Melville 74, bearing the flag of Sir Peter Halkett in North America and the West Indies; and on again proceeding to the East Indies in the Wellesley 72, flag-ship of his relative Sir F. L. Maitland, he was by him nominated Lieutenant, in June, 1838, of the Favorite 18, Capt. Walter Croker – an act which the Admiralty sanctioned 15 Feb. 1839. Rejoining the Wellesley in the course of the same year in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, he served in her, under the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer, at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840; after which, on becoming attached to the Samarang 28, Capt. Jas. Scott, he assisted in reducing the forts of the Boca Tigris, and in demolishing the works on the Canton river. He was also present, and gained the public acknowledgments of his Captain for the gallantry and zeal he displayed, at the forcing, by the Nemesis steamer and the boats of the Samarang, of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa; during their advance on which latter place the British, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. on 15 March, 1841, destroyed five forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine war-junks, in which collectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.[1] On his return to England in the following summer he took up a Commander’s commission dated 15 Feb. 1841. He has been employed, since 3 July, 1844, in the Coast Guard service.
He married, 23 Nov. 1841, Henrietta Louisa, widow of the late W. Northage, Esq., jun., and second daughter of the late Sir John H. Newbolt, Chief Justice of Madras. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
MAITLAND, Kt., C.B. (Captain, 1837.)
Sir Thomas Maitland, born in 1803, is only son of Hon. Wm. Mordaunt Maitland, a General in the Army, by his first wife, Mary, widow of John Travers, Esq., of Fir Grove, co. Cork, and daughter of the Rev. Rich. Orpen, of Killowen. He is grandson of James, seventh Earl of Lauderdale, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; and first-cousin of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B., K.C.M.G.
This officer entered the Navy 22 Sept. 1816, and was made Lieutenant, 16 May, 1823, into the Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. His next appointments were, 20 Dec. 1825, and 1 March, 1826, to the Superb 78, Capt. Henry Hill, guardship at Portsmouth, and Ganges 84, fitting for the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief in South America. Obtaining a second promotal commission 30 April, 1827, he successively assumed command, 14 June, 1832, and 4 April, 1835, of the Sparrowhawk 18 and Tweed 20. In the former vessel, which he paid off 7 May, 1833, Capt. Maitland brought home 589,405 Mexican dollars and 42 bales of cochineal; in the Tweed, the command whereof he retained until posted, 10 Jan. 1837, he served during the civil war on the north coast of Spain, and was in consequence presented with the Cross of Charles III. On 19 June in the year last mentioned we find him nominated Captain of the Wellesley 72, in which ship he continued employed under the flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland and Sir Gordon Bremer, until paid off in the summer of 1842. In 1838 he commanded the seamen and marines landed for the purpose of quelling an insurrection on the coast of Malabar; he participated, in 1839, in the operations on the coast of Sinde and in the Persian Gulf; and during the hostilities in China he obtained mention for his zeal and alacrity at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840, and for the valuable assistance he afforded Sir Gordon Bremer at the reduction of Tycocktow, 7 Jan. 1841[2] – was present with H.M. Plenipotentiary at a formal meeting which was held with the Chinese Commissioner on 26 of the same month[3] – again acquired the public thanks of Sir G. Bremer for the cordial aid he afforded him in the action which preceded the capture of the Bogue Forts, 26 Feb.[4] – had charge of the Wellesley’s boats during the original advance of the British towards Canton[5] – commanded the first naval battalion, consisting of 11 officers and 172 of other ranks, at the storming of the heights in the vicinity of that city during the operations which led to its re-capture[6] – elicited notice for the admirable manner in which he placed the Wellesley (within 400 yards of the principal battery) in the attack upon Amoy, 26 Aug.[7] – and in Oct. of the same year (1841) was further praised for his skill, zeal, and ability at the reduction of Chusan and Chinghae.[8] For these services Capt. Maitland was nominated a C.B. 29 June, 1841; and in 1843 invested with the honour of Knighthood. He has been in command, since 10 Nov. 1846, of the America 50., on the coast of Portugal.
Sir Thos. Maitland is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Berwick. He married, 7 Feb. 1828, at Rio Janeiro, Amelia, daughter of the late Wm. Young, Esq., and by that lady has issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
MAITLAND. (Commander, 1840.)
William Maitland died in Oct. 1846, in command of H.M. steam-sloop Spiteful.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1819; passed his examination in 1825; obtained his first commission 13 June, 1827; and was appointed, on the Mediterranean station – 16 March, 1831, to the Barham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot – 21 March, 1834, to the Britannia 120, Capt. Peter Rainier, which ship was paid off in the early part of 1835 – and, 12 April, 1839, as First-Lieutenant, to the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart. For his services in the latter ship, at the attack upon Tortosa (where he landed and obtained warm praise for his very gallant conduct[9]) and the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he was promoted to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 1840. On 14 Dec. 1842 he assumed command of the Spiteful steam-sloop, which vessel, in July, 1846, bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. John Cochrane during an expedition against the Sultan of Borneo, whose forts and batteries in the river Brune were all destroyed.[10] Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
MAITLAND. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 12; h-p., 3.)
William Heriot Maitland, born 3 July, 1819, is second son of Jas. Maitland, Esq., of Rambrny, by Margaret, daughter of Wm. Dalgleish, Esq., of Scots-craig; and first-cousin of Commander Jas. Maitland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay, and in July, 1836, after having been employed on the Home station and off the north coast of Spain during the civil war, removed as Midship-
