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When Sir William Maitland of Lethington, was born in 1525, in Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington and Thirlestane, was 29 and his mother, Mary Cranston of Roxburgh, was 25. He married Janet Menteith in 1553, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
William Maitland was regarded by Queen Elizabeth’s government as the most able Scots statesman of his time. Amiable, charming, intelligent, crafty and with foresight, he contrived to charm his interlocutors and masters and to handle complex situations with mastery. The Spanish ambassador in London remarked that Maitland was reported to rule ...
William Maitland of Lethington - into opposition H enry Stuart, Lord Darnley, King of Scots was killed by an explosion in his house in Edinburgh on 9 th February 1567. The Queen had asked her councillors to devise means of ending her marriage to him without compromising the legitimacy of her son James.
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1537 – 3 October 1595), of Lethington, Knight (1581), was Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Life [ edit ] He was the second son of Sir Richard Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire , and Lethington , Haddingtonshire , who settled the lands of Thirlestane upon him, and thereafter sent him abroad for his education.
When Lady Janet Maitland, Heiress of Lethington was born in January 1502, in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Sir William Murray Of Castleton 9th Laird Of Tullibardine, was 32 and her mother, Martha Eliza Seton, was 27. She married Sir Hugh Somerville 5th Lord Somerville in July 1517, in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland ...
