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1658 - The Earl of Lauderdale, a prisoner in Windsor Castle, to his brother in Edinburgh

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23 July 1658. Letter from John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale in . ff t1tr~ /J1 ~ J-L;,',J
prison in Windsor Castle to his brother, Charles Maitland, at Halton
(or Hatton) House near Ratho, west of Edinburgh. The letter was -rr{ -fta,[fu
carried privately.

John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale (1616 -1682)

John Maitland became 2nd Earl of Lauderdale on the death of his father in 1645.
Having, before the Civil War, been a leading Covenanter and opponent of the king, he
later became a Royalist. He accompanied Charles Stuart (later King Charles II) into
exile in the Netherlands and returned to Scotland with Charles in 1650. He was with
Charles on the disastrous Worcester campaign and after the Battle of Worcester was
taken prisoner in Cheshire as he tried to escape back to Scotland. His estates were
confiscated by the Commonwealth government and he was imprisoned without trial in
the Tower of London (1651 - 55), Portland Castle (1655 - 57) and Windsor Castle
(1657 - 60). In March 1660 he was released. King Charles II subsequently restored his
fortunes, made him Secretary of State for Scotland, and, in 1672, made him 1st Duke of
Lauderdale.

Charles MaitJand (c.1620 - 1691)

Charles Maitland was John Maitland's younger brother. In 1652 he married Elizabeth,
daughter and heir of Richard Lauder, thereby acquiring the sizeable estate of Hatton
(also known as Halton or Haltoun) near Edinburgh. In 1669 he was admitted an
ordinary lord of session despite having had no previous legal training or judicial
experience, and assumed the title Lord Hatton. In 1682, on the death of his brother,
he became 3rd Earl of Lauderdale but did not acquire the additional title of Duke of
Lauderdale which then became extinct.