Ian Colin Maitland, 15th Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, Baronet of Nova Scotia DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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 (January 30, 1891 - February 17, 1953), was a representative peer for Scotland in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 from 1931 to 1945.

The son and only child of Frederick Colin Maitland, 14th Earl of Lauderdale by his spouse Gwendoline Lucy (d. 30 January 1929) daughter of Robert Vaughan Williams, a judge, of Bodlonfa, Flintshire

Flintshire

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. He succeeded to the titles upon his father's death in 1931.

Educated at Eton College

Eton College

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, the 15th earl served in World War I

World War I

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, was a Major in the 3rd Reserve Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)

The Queen's Own Highlanders , officially abbreviated "QOHldrs," was an infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army. It was formed on 7 February 1961 at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, with the amalgamation of 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders and 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron...

 and in 1915-16 and 1918 was ADC to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

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. The Earl was a member of the Royal Company of Archers

Royal Company of Archers

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, the King's Bodyguard for Scotland, and Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire

Berwickshire

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.

In civilian life he was President of the Southampton

Southampton

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 Conservative Association, 1931–1935, and Hon. President of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, 1931 - 1945.

The Earl married November 11, 1912, Ethel Mary Ivy (d. 1971 or 1972), eldest daughter of James Jardine Bell-Irving of Makerstoun, Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire

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, and resided at Thirlestane Castle

Thirlestane Castle

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, near Lauder

Lauder

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, Berwickshire

Berwickshire

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. They had issue:

1. Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva Maitland (22 September 1913 - 1991), who married 3 June 1937 William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew
   William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew
   William Francis Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew CBE C.St.J was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda, Sir Thomas Astley-Cubbitt between 1931 and 1936....
   
   , and left issue, two sons and two daughters.
2. Ivor Colin, Viscount Maitland, (29 August 1915 - 18 January 1943), killed in action in North Africa, aged 27. He married, in 1936 (aged 21), Helena Ruth Perrott (1912-1 September 1999, aged 87), daughter of Sir Herbert Charles Perrott, 5th and 1st Bt.
   Sir Herbert Perrott, 5th Baronet
   Sir Herbert Charles Perrott, 5th and 1st Baronet was an English baronet who succeeded to a 1716 baronetcy in 1886 and was created a baronet in his own right on 21 June 1911 with precedence to his heirs male from the 1716 creation. Since there were no sons, the baronetcies became extinct with his...
   
   , and left issue, three daughters. These daughters were raised to the rank, style and precedence of an earl's daughters by Royal Warrant
   Royal Warrant of Precedence
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    dated 28 October 1953, and published 24 November 1953 in the London Gazette
   London Gazette
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   1. Hon. Mary Helena Maitland, now Mary, Baroness Biddulph (b. 1938), who married 1958 the 4th Baron Biddulph
      Baron Biddulph
      Baron Biddulph, of Ledbury in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1903 for the banker and politician Michael Biddulph. He was a partner in the London banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph and Co and also sat in the House of Commons for Herefordshire...
      
       (1931–1988) and has issue two sons, including Nicholas Maitland-Biddulph, 5th Baron Biddulph, and one daughter.
   2. Hon. Anne Priscilla Maitland, now Lady Anne Eyston (b. 1940) who married John Joseph Eyston, of East Hendred (b. 1934), of a prominent Catholic recusant family, and has issue one son and two daughters.
   3. Hon. Elizabeth Sylvia Maitland, now Lady Elizabeth Maitland (b. 1943 posthumously) who is not married.

Sources

• Black, A & C., Who's Who, London, 1945, p. 1583.
• Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition, 1999, Crans, Switzerland, vol. II, p. 1647. ISBN 2-940085-02-1
• 15th Earl's portrait in 1924.