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Charles Maitland (British Army officer)

Charles Maitland
Maitland during the Crimean War 1854–1856
Birth nameCharles Lennox Brownlow Maitland
Born(1823-09-27)27 September 1823
Toronto, Canada
Died5 January 1891(1891-01-05) (aged 67)
Crookham, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1841–1884
RankGeneral
Battles / warsKafir Wars
Crimean War
AwardsOrder of the Bath
Legion of Honour
Order of the Medjidie
Cricket information
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1842–1843Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 10
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Balls bowled ?
Wickets 2
Bowling average ?
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/?
Catches/stumpings 1/–

General Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland CB (27 September 1823 – 5 January 1891) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

One of seven children of the British Army General Peregrine Maitland and his second wife Lady Sarah Lennox, he was born in September 1823.[1] He joined the British Army in April 1841, when he purchased the ranks of ensign and lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards.[2] Maitland played first-class cricket in 1842 and 1843 for the Marylebone Cricket Club, making two appearances at Lord's against Hampshire and Cambridge Town Club.[3] He scored 10 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.[4][5] In March 1846, he purchased the ranks of lieutenant and captain in March 1846.[6] Maitland served in the Kafir Wars of 1846 and 1847.[7] In September 1848, he was made a brevet major.[8]

Maitland sat as a mourner for the Grenadier Guards at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington in November 1852.[9] The following year the Crimean War began, with Maitland serving in the war as an assistant adjutant-general to the 4th Infantry Division.[1] Promoted to captain and lieutenant colonel without purchase in September 1854,[10] he was seriously wounded at the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854.[1] For his service in the war he was appointed to the Legion of Honour by France in August 1856,[11] in addition to being decorated in March 1858 by the Ottoman Empire with the Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class.[12] In February 1860, he was promoted to brevet colonel.[13] In September 1868, he was appointed major of the Royal Hospital Chelsea,[14] an appointment he held until 1874 when he was promoted to major-general.[15][16]

Maitland was made a Companion to the Order of the Bath in July 1876 and in the same year he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London,[17] holding the position until he resigned in 1884.[15] He was promoted to lieutenant-general in October 1877.[18] By 1884 he was the colonel of the Wiltshire Regiment and was promoted to general in December of that year.[19] He retired from active service in March 1886.[20] Maitland died at his residence in the Hampshire village of Crookham on 5 January 1891.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Armstrong, Richard Ramsay (2008). Richard Ramsay Armstrong's Book of His Adventures. Lulu.com. p. 423. ISBN 9781409250234.
  2. ^ "No. 19968". The London Gazette. 9 April 1841. p. 943.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Maitland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Maitland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Maitland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ "No. 20587". The London Gazette. 27 March 1847. p. 1135.
  7. ^ Thom, Adam Bisset (1878). The County & Borough Magistrates List and Official & Parliamentry Register. p. 194.
  8. ^ "No. 20897". The London Gazette. 15 September 1848. p. 3389.
  9. ^ "No. 21388". The London Gazette. 6 December 1852. p. 3552.
  10. ^ "No. 6436". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 October 1854. p. 945.
  11. ^ "No. 6620". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 August 1856. p. 684.
  12. ^ "No. 22107". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1254.
  13. ^ "No. 6985". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 February 1860. p. 161.
  14. ^ "No. 23422". The London Gazette. 15 September 1868. p. 4994.
  15. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1882). The Peerage of the British Empire for 1882. Nichols. p. 761.
  16. ^ "No. 24069". The London Gazette. 27 February 1874. p. 891.
  17. ^ "No. 24348". The London Gazette. 25 July 1876. p. 4178.
  18. ^ "No. 24508". The London Gazette. 2 October 1877. p. 5458.
  19. ^ "No. 25421". The London Gazette. 9 December 1864. p. 5722.
  20. ^ "No. 25568". The London Gazette. 16 March 1886. p. 1282.
  21. ^ Crookham. Berkshire Chronicle. 10 January 1891. p. 8
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