Alexander Maitland

• Name	Alexander Maitland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1661	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Macer in the Court of Session, gifted for life but deprived in 1684 on account of the Mint case
  	See also Lauder Correspondence, p189 in Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, Volume 5, 1933
  Occupation	1662	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Counter Warden of the Mint
  	Date based on information in his petition to the Privy Council in 1690
  Legal	1670	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  	Appointed one of the tutors to the children of Mr William Johnstoune of Laverocklaw
  Occupation	1671	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Chamberlain to the Duke of Lauderdale
  Occupation	26 Jan 1681/82	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Warden of the Mint, date of appointment following the demission on account of old age of John Falconar of Tulloch. Salary of £1,200 Scots pa
  Legal	31 Aug 1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Removed by the Privy Council from his office at the Mint and other public appointments, along with Lord Hatton, Sir John Falconer and Archibald Falconer
  Legal	May 1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Fined six years of rents for his role in the Mint case
  Occupation	15 Oct 1690	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Warden of the Mint - date his petition to the Privy Council regarding his right to the office was considered. King William had appointed William Spence to the hereditary office and Alexander refused to move without adequate compensation.
  Person ID	I46634	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Lord Hatton, later 3rd Earl of Lauderdale Charles Maitland,   b. Abt 1620   d. 9 Jun 1691 (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Cunningham   d. Bef 2 May 1708
  Marriage	6 Aug 1657
  Family ID	F31835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Macer in the Court of Session, gifted for life but deprived in 1684 on account of the Mint case - 1661 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Counter Warden of the Mint - 1662 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Appointed one of the tutors to the children of Mr William Johnstoune of Laverocklaw - 1670 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Occupation - Chamberlain to the Duke of Lauderdale - 1671 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Warden of the Mint, date of appointment following the demission on account of old age of John Falconar of Tulloch. Salary of £1,200 Scots pa - 26 Jan 1681/82 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Removed by the Privy Council from his office at the Mint and other public appointments, along with Lord Hatton, Sir John Falconer and Archibald Falconer - 31 Aug 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Fined six years of rents for his role in the Mint case - May 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Warden of the Mint - date his petition to the Privy Council regarding his right to the office was considered. King William had appointed William Spence to the hereditary office and Alexander refused to move without adequate compensation. - 15 Oct 1690 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VIII, p324. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD76/329. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD76/328. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VII, p543. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD1/199/83.