Lady Mary Maitland, Countess of Southesk

LADY MARY MAITLAND Countess of Southesk

Lady Mary Maitland, here treated, is reported to be the second daughter of Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale The Scots Peerage VIII: 72 According to the late Alan S. Carnegie, Lady Mary was erroneously identified as the daughter of William Maitland and the granddaughter of Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale in J. R. N. Macphail's account of the family for the Scots Peerage. The Scots Peerage V: 309 Alan S. Carnegie's assertion is confirmed by an Act of Commissioners of Equivalent dated 13 October 1707, which identifies Lady Mary as the brother of William Maitland NRS: RH15/33/8

Marriage

Lady Mary Maitland, here treated, is reported to have married Charles Carnegie, 4th Earl of Southesk The Scots Peerage VIII: 72

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

13 October 1707: Extract act of Commissioners of Equivalent intimating a bond and translation, 10 May 1707, by Mary, countess of Southesk, and Mr. William Maitland, her brother, to John Montgomery, W.S., and Alexander Campbell, factor, merchant in Edinburgh, of £1000 subscribed by deceased Charles, earl of Southesk, in Capital Stock of Indian and African Company. National Records of Scotland, The company trading to Africa and the Indies (the Darien Scheme), reference RH15/33/8

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume V. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1908), 639 pp.
2. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume VIII. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1914), 914 pp.