John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale

Judge, Politician

– 1645

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Who was John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale?

John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, was President of the Scottish Parliament as well as the Privy Council, a lawyer and a judge, who sided with the Parliamentarian cause during the Civil War.

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Nationality
  • Scotland
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Died
Jan 18, 1645

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on July 23, 2013

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