Alexander Arbuthnot (afterwards Maitland) (baptized 17 June 1674 – June 1721) was appointed a

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in Scotland after the Union of England and Scotland in 1707. The son of

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by his second wife Katherine Gordon, Alexander married Jean (d. 22 October 1746), eldest daughter of Sir Charles Maitland, Bt., of Pittrichie in

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, heiress to her brother Sir Charles Maitland, Bt. When the latter died in 1704, the couple thereby inherited the Pittrichie estate and Alexander assumed the surname and

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of Maitland. He became a member of the

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in 1697, and was

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of Bervie and Commissioner to Parliament for the burgh of

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in 1702–1707. He was then selected as one of the 45 representatives for Scotland in the English Parliament following the Union in 1707 and served as a Baron of the Exchequer from 1708 until his death. Their son and heir was Charles Maitland of Pittrichie, MP, who died unmarried at

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, 10 February 1751. Their three daughters also all died unmarried.

References

* ''Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'', by Messrs. John and John Bernard Burke, London, 2nd edition, 1841, p. 632. * ''The Scottish Nation'', by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.1, p. 143. * ''

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'', by Sir

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, Edinburgh, 1904, vol. 1, p. 309.

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