Charles Maitland (British Army officer)

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

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

  1. Armstrong, Richard Ramsay (2008). Richard Ramsay Armstrong's Book of His Adventures. 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. 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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