Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale
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Charles Maitland, 3rd earl of Lauderdale (d. 1691), became an ordinary lord of session as Lord Halton in 1669, afterwards assisting his brother, the duke, in the management of public business in Scotland. His eldest son, Richard (1653-1695), became the 4th earl.
As Lord Maitland he was lord-justice-general from 1681 to 1684; he was an adherent of James II and after fighting at the battle of the Boyne he was an exile in France until his death. This earl made a verse translation of Virgil (published 1737). He left no sons, and his brother Richard (1653-1695) became the 4th Earl. John, a supporter of William III and of the union of England and Scotland, was succeeded by his son Charles (c. 1688-1744), who was the grandfather of James, the 8th earl.
By charter of novodamus of 1676, later ratified by the Scottish Parliament, Charles II granted Charles Maitland "the office of bearing our insignia within our said realm of Scotland". James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, matriculated arms in the character of Hereditary Standard Bearer of Scotland. In 1952 the Lord Lyon decided that the Earl of Lauderdale's right was to bear the saltire as the Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland, whereas the Earl of Dundee as the Bearer of the Royal Banner bears the Royal Standard of the lion rampant.
| Preceded by: John Maitland | Earl of Lauderdale | Followed by: Richard Maitland |
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.