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Maitland arrived there in October 1813 to find, as he had in Ceylon, disaster around him. Plague was raging, and he wrote home. "We breathe very much through a medium of arsenic and brimstone at present, but I am told, when I get accustomed to it, it will be quite delicious." This was not the only parallel to Ceylon.
16 de abr. de 2020 · Mount Lavinia Hotel. The story of one of the most renowned 4 star hotels in Colombo starts in the year 1805, with Sir Thomas Maitland, a gallant military General, who sailed to the island of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was known at that time) to assume duties as the second British Governor. He was better known by the sobriquet ”King Tom”.
#mountlavinia #thomasmaitland #lovinaThe love story between Lovina and Thomas Maitland in Mount Lavinia
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Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Maitland GCB GCMG GCH (10 March 1760 – 17 January 1824) was a British soldier and British colonial governor. He also served as a Member of Parliament for Haddington from 1790 to 1796, 1802–06 and 1812–13.
Prefisso onorifico. The Right Honourable. Thomas Maitland ( Ratho, 10 marzo 1760 – Malta, 17 gennaio 1824) è stato un militare e politico britannico . Membro del parlamento per la costituente di Haddington nel 1790–1796, 1802–1806 e nel 1812–1813, fu Consigliere Privato del sovrano inglese dal 23 novembre 1803.
