Maitland

Maitland is an English and Scottish surname. It arrived in Britain after the Norman conquest of 1066. There are two theories about its source. It is either a nickname reference to "bad temper/disposition" (Old French, Maltalent; Anglo Norman French, mautalent; Latin malum talentum), or it may be a locational reference to Mautalant, a place in Pontorson, France. The earliest public record of the surname dates to 1170 in Northumberland. People with surname include: Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale (c. 1620 - 1691), Scottish judge
Clover Maitland (b. 1972), Australian women's field hockey player
Edward Maitland (1824 - 1897), English humanitarian writer
Edward Maitland (aviator) (1880-1921), British military aviator
Frank Maitland (1909 - 2001), British Communist propagandist
Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906), English jurist and historian
Frederick Lewis Maitland, father and son, distinguished officers in the Royal Navy
Frederick Maitland (1763-1848), English General, Napoleonic era
Henry Maitland Wilson (1881-1964), British Army general
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), representative peer for Scotland in the House of Lords
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1537-1595), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682), Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry
John Maitland (colonel) (1732-1779), British military officer
John Maitland (Royal Navy officer) (1771–1836), Royal Navy admiral
John Maitland (Conservative politician) (1903-1977), British politician in the Conservative party (Tory)
Kier Maitland (born 1988), Canadian freestyle swimmer
Lady Olga Maitland (born 1944), British politician
Peregrine Maitland (1777-1854), British soldier and colonial administrator
Richard Maitland (1496 - 1586), Scottish poet, Senator of the College of Justice, Ordinary Lord of Session
Royal Maitland (1898-1946), Canadian politician in British Columbia
Thomas Maitland (British Army officer) (1759–1824), British colonial governor and general
Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan (1792–1851), Scottish judge
Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale (1803-1878), British naval officer
William Maitland of Lethington (1525-1573), 'Secretary Lethington' to Mary I of Scotland
William Maitland (c.1693–1757), historian and topographer, History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time

See also

James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997), American actor, widely known as James Stewart or Jimmy Stewart.