Sir
William
Maitland of Lethington
Knt.
formerly Maitland
Born about in Lethington Tower, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Maitland Knt.
and Mariotta (Cranstoun) Maitland
[uncertain]
Brother of
Mary Maitland, Helen (Maitland) Cockburn, Thomas Maitland, Elizabeth (Maitland) Douglas, Isabel Maitland and John Maitland
Husband of
Mary (Fleming) Meldrum
— married
6 Jan 1568 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
James Maitland and Margaret Maitland
Died about
at about age 45
in Leith (in prison) Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Biography
William (Maitland) Maitland of Lethington Knt. is Notable.
William (Maitland) Maitland of Lethington Knt. was born in Scotland.
The famous Secretary and devoted adherent of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Russell gives his year of birth as 1528 "in all probability born in the Tower of Lethington, the eldest of a family of seven, three sons and four daughters.....
He married firstly, a daughter of Menteith of Kerse, in 1553."[1]
He married secondly, Mary Fleming.
Sources
- ↑ Russell, 1912, p.2-3.
- The Complete Peerage by G. E. Cockayne, edited by Geoffrey H. White, F.S.A., vol.xii, part 1, London, 1953, p.699n.
- Maitland of Lethington by E. Russell, London, 1912.
See also:
- Wikipedia: William Maitland of Lethington
- Wikidata: Item Q2579868, en:Wikipedia
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Aleš Trtnik
Aleš Trtnik
Maitland, of Lethington-2 and Maitland-115 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate. Father had only one William, in Death date the day/month are swapped.
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