John Maitland
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John Maitland may refer to :
- Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of ThirlestaneJohn Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of ThirlestaneJohn Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, , Knight , was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.He was the second son of Sir Richard Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire, and Lethington, Haddingtonshire, who settled the lands of Thirlestane upon him, and he was sent abroad for his education.Upon John...
, Commendator of Coldingham Priory - John Maitland, 1st Earl of LauderdaleJohn Maitland, 1st Earl of LauderdaleJohn Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, was President of the Scottish Parliament as well as the Privy Council, a lawyer and a judge, who sided with the Parliamentarian cause during the Civil War.The son of Sir John...
(died 1645), Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland and Lord Thirlestane & Boltoun, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane - John Maitland, 1st Duke of LauderdaleJohn Maitland, 1st Duke of LauderdaleSir John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane KG PC , was a Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry.-Background:...
(1616–1682), 2nd Earl of Lauderdale - John Maitland (Haddington MP) (1732–1779), MP for Haddington BurghsHaddington Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)Haddington Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885...
, 1774–1880 - John Maitland (Chippenham MP) (c. 1754–1831), MP for ChippenhamChippenham (UK Parliament constituency)Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
, 1806–1812 and 1817–1818 - John Maitland (Royal Navy officer)John Maitland (Royal Navy officer)John Maitland was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Rear-Admiral.-Family and early life:...
(1771–1836), Royal Navy admiral - John Maitland (Kirkcudbright MP) (1841–?), MP for KirkcudbrightKirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament .The first...
, 1874–1880 - Sir John Maitland (Conservative politician)John Maitland (Conservative politician)Sir John Francis Whitaker Maitland was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. In the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the safe Conservative seat of Horncastle in Lincolnshire...
(1903–1977), MP for Horncastle, 1945–1966 - John Maitland (colonel)John Maitland (colonel)Lieutenant-Colonel John Maitland was a British military officer who was the tenth son of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale and Lady Elizabeth Ogilvie. He was a member of the Royal Marines prior to joining the 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders in 1777...
, British commander in American Revolutionary War - John Maitland (The Bill), a fictional police officer in the TV series The Bill
- Jack MaitlandJack MaitlandJohn Frederick "Jack" Maitland is a former American football running back in the National Football League in the 1970s and earned a Super Bowl ring. He attended Upper St. Clair High School near Pittsburgh, then Williams College. His pro-career was spent with both the Baltimore Colts and the New...
, American football player