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3IAITLAND. 415 MAITLAND, SiE James Ramsay -Gibson - of Clifton Hall, co. Midlothian (1818, U.K.), capt. highland borderers L.l. 1876/81, late 4th dragoon guards, J.P. co. Stirling, the probable heir presumptive to the Earldom of Lauderdale; s. his father as 4th Baronet in 1876 ; b. 29 Mar. 1848 ; m. 12 May, 1869, Fanny Lucy Fowke, younger dau. of Sir Thomas WoUaston White, Bart, and has 2 daus. (1) Mary. (2) Florence. Note.— Heir presumptive, his brother Keith. Arms — Quarterly; I. and IV. Or, a lion rampant dechausse gu. within the royal tressnre of Scotland az. Maitland. II. Quar- terly, 1st and 4th, Az. three keys fessewise or, Gibson. 2nd and 3rd, Az. a chevron between three battle-axes arg. a bordure of the last, Wright. III. Arg. an eagle displayed sa. within a bordure of the last bezanty, on a chief gu. two cinquefoils emi. Eamsat. Crest — A Uon sejant-guardant gu. ducally crowned and holding in his dexter paw a drawn sword ppr. and in the sinister a fleur-de-lis az. Motto— Consilio et animis. Seat— Clifton Hall, Ratho, Midlothian. Residence— Craigend House, Stu-ling. Hinfage. HON. SIR ALEXANDER MAITLAND (5th son of Charles 6th Earl of Lauderdale), gen. in the army, col. 49th regt. 1768/1820, originally midshipman R.x. served under Admiral Holborne in Flanders, under Marshal Wade 1744, and under Duke of Cumberland 174.5, at Fontenoy, and appointed to 3rd foot guards by the Duke, served in Scotland 1745, guarded the State rebels, equerry to the Dowager Princess of Wales, mother of G-EORGE III. created a Baronet 30 Nov. 1818; d. 14 Feb. 1820, aged 95, having m. 27 June, 1754, Pene- lope, dau. of Martin JIadan, col. 49th regt. m.p. and groom of the bedchamber to Frederick Prince OP WALES; she d. 22 Dec. 1805, having had with other issue 3 sons, /I/ Sir Alexander Charles, s. as 2nd Baronet. /2/ Augustus; b. 31 May, 1761, commanded the battalion of the guards in the action near Egmont-op-Zee, Oct. 1799, where be was mortally wounded ; d. unm. at the Helder, 21 Oct. 1799. /3/ Frederick, gen. in the army, member of board of general officers, col. 58th regt. received the thanks of the house of com- mons 14 April, 1809, for his gallant services in effecting tlie conquest of Martinique; b. 3 Sept. 1763; d. 27 Jan. 1848, hav- ing m. 1790, Catherine Worsam, dau. of John Prettj'jobn, Esq. of Barbadoes; she d. 7 April, 1853, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. [1] John Madan (capt.), b. 12 Aug. 1793 ; d. s. p. s. 14 Oct. 1842, having m. 1st— 24 Oct. 1822, Ellinor, only dan. of Gilbert Auuesley, Esq. ; she d. 15 Oct. 1823, having had a dau. — Ellinor Jane Susan, d. 4 June, 1870, aged 47.— He m. 2ndly— 21 July, 1829, HaiTiet, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Pratt. [2] Fi-ederick Thomas, of Holwych, Sussex, lieut.-col. in the army; b. 18 Sept. 1807; m. 18 .Julv, 1842, Emilv Augusta Mary, youngest dau. of Major Richard Bingham Nevvlands, of Drayton, Hants; she d. 12 April, 1855, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Frederick, lieut. R.N.; b. 23 Mar. 1848. (2) Reginald Paynter, lieut. R.H.A.; b. 6 Mar. 1861; m. 4 Feb. 1875, Ann Ehza, dau. of Capt. G. P. Oldfleld. (3) Catherine Penelope, m. 13 Dec. 1871, to Capt. William Henry Maxwell, R.N., and has a son and dau. Charles Frederick Maitland MAXWELL, b. 15 Feb. 1874. —Emily Ionia, b. 2 Aug. 1877. (4) Frederica Charlotte Mary, m. 21 April, 1868, to Thomas George Freake, Esq. of London, and has 2 sons and 3 daus. Thomas Charles Maitland FREAKE, b. 16 June, 1873.— Frederick Maitland, b. 7 Mar. 1876.— Penelope Cecil.— Dorothy. — Freda Katherine. [3] Charlotte, d. 2 Aug. 1868, having m. 18 April, 1820, to Thomas Garth, of Haines Hill, Berks, capt. R.N. : he d. 10 Nov. 1841. [4] Harriet, d. 20 Sept. 1850, having m. 8 Sept. 1827, to Donald, 2ud son of Sir Fitzroy Grafton Maclean, Bart. : he d. 21 Mar. 1874. SIR ALEXANDER CHARLES MAITLAND 6IBS0N- MAITLAND, 2nd Baronet, served in America with 49th regt. at Bunker's Hill 1775, Long Island 1776, Brandywine 1777. taken prisoner, bearer of despatches; b. 21 Nov. 1755 ; d. 7 Feb. 1848, having m. 30 April, 1786, Helen, eldest dau. and co-heir of Alexander Gibson Wright, Esq. of Clifton Hall, co. Edinburgh, and Kersie, .Stirlingshire ; she d. Dec. 1834, having had with otlier issue 4 sons and 5 daus. (1) Alexander, advocate at Scotch bar; b. 14 Sept. 1787; d. V. p. Sept. 1828, having m. in 1819, Susan, eldest dau. of George Ramsay, Esq. of Bamton, N.B.; she d. Sept. 1831, having had 3 sons and 2 daus. /I/ Sir Alexander Charles, s. as 3rd Baronet. /2/ George Ramsay, w.S.; b. 19 Jan. 1821 ; d. 24 June, 1866, having m. 19 Sept. 1848, Alice Anne, eldest dau. of Josiah Nisbet, Esq. E.I.C.S.; she d. 27 Oct. 1869, having had 2 sous and 2 daus. [1] John Nisbet, b. 26 Nov. 1850 ; m. 9 Feb. 1877, Annie Florence Mary, dau. of Philip Rickman, Esq. of Twicken- ham, and has a son— John, b. 25 Nov. 1879. [2] George Keith, b. 11 Jan. 1854; m. 187 Theresa, dau. of Angus McDonnell, and has a son, McDonnell, b. 17 July, 1878. [3] Alice Rachel. [4] Susan Rachel. /3/ Keith Ramsay, col. 79th foot ; b. 1827; ni. 27 July, 1861, Georgina Harriet, dau. of Alex. Grant Glass, Esq. and has a son and 2 daus. Keith Ramsay, b. 13 Oct. 1865.— Agnes Mary.— Caroline Charlotte. /4/ Jean Hamilton, d. 24 Nov. 1877, having m. 16 July, 1856, to Archibald Redfoord Bulwer, Esq. of Tonard, co. Kildare and has had 2 daus. ' Agnes BULWER.— Dora Ellinor. /5/ Helen, m. 8 April, 1851, to James Alexander Himt, Esq. of Pittencrief, co. Fife, and has 2 sons and 2 daus. James Maitland Hunt, b. 13 Feb. 1852.— WilUam Alex- ander, b. 24 Sept. 1861.— Jean Hamilton.— Helen Maitland. (2) Augustus, W.S.; b. 27 Mar. 1800 ; d. 26 Jan. 1855, having ni. 1 June, 1843, Ehzabeth Jane, dau. of Rev. William Page Richards, D.D.; she assumed the name of Strachan, and had 4 sons, /I/ Augustus Alexander William John, b. 28 April, 1844. /2/ Alexander Charles, b. 30 Nov. 1845. /3/ William James, asst. private sec. and precis writer to Marquis of Hartington 1880; b. 22 July, 1847; m. 7 Aug. 1878, Agnes Magdalen, eldest ilau. of Ralph Neville-GreuviUe, Esq. of Butleigh Court, Somerset (B. Braybrooke), and has a son, Alexander James, b. 22 Sept. 1879. /4/ Frederick Henry, b. 13 May 1849; m. 20 May, 1875, Georgiana Douglas, eldest dau. of S H Mackenzie, and has a son and dau, Arthur Frederick, b. 22 May, 1876.— A dau. b. 10 Jan. 1878. (3) John, accountant-gen. to com-t of session ; b. 27 Jan. 1803 ; il. 23 Jan. 1865, having m. 9 Nov. 1852, Mary Isabella, eldest dau. of John Philip Wood, Esq. (4) Frederick Charles, merchant in London ; b. 7 April, 1812 ; m. 8 Feb. 1872/3, Emily Jeanette, eldest dau. of Col. John Craigie, and widow of John Wilham Maxwell Lyte, Esq. of Berry Head, Devon. (5) Margaret, d. s. p. s. 19 Jan. 1840, having m. 9 Aug. 1819, as 1st wfe, to Wilham Logan White, Esq. of Kellerstain, Mid- lothian, bar.-at-law (FOULIS— Bart.) ; he d. 18 Sept. 1877. (6) Anne Charlotte, d. 17 Sept. 1875, having m. 1822 as 2ud wife, to Capt. William Stirling, 1st dragoon guards ;' he d. Dec. 1825, leaving issue (Stirling-Maxwell).