Lady Janet Maitland
(1721-1805)
BIRTH
1721
PLACE
DEATH
December 29, 1805
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FAMILY
HUSBAND
Thomas Dundas of Fingask
(c. 1708-1786)
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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Lady Janet Maitland (about 1721–1805) was a daughter of Charles Maitland, earl of Lauderdale, and Elizabeth Ogilvy. She married Thomas Dundas of Fingask in 1744 and had children including General Thomas Dundas and Charles, later Baron Amesbury. She outlived her husband and died on 29 December 1805. The master links the general born in 1750 as her husband, although he was her son. Published accounts differ on the month of her wedding, so only the year is used.
EARLY LIFE
Janet Maitland was born 1721. The external genealogical record identifies Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale and Lady Elizabeth Ogilvy as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Janet Maitland is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Janet Maitland died Dec 29, 1805. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
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DEATH
Janet Maitland died on Dec 29, 1805. Lady Janet Maitland was a daughter of Charles Maitland, earl of Lauderdale, and Elizabeth Ogilvy. She married Thomas Dundas of Fingask in 1744 and had children including General Thomas Dundas and Charles, later Baron Amesbury. She outlived her husband and died on 29 December 1805. The master links the general born in 1750 as her husband, although he was her son. Published accounts differ on the month of her wedding, so only the year is used. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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