THIRTEENTH GENERATION

4896. Lord John Baron Maitland 1st Baron Maitland was born in 1545. He died in 1645. Sir John Maitland, 1st Baron was William's younger brother. He received a Charter of Lethington which was ratified by Parlliament on the 22nd of May 1584. He bought Lethington in 1613 (probably at a very low price) from his nephew, James Maitland of Lethington, son of William. (James had gone into exile in the Low Countries to avoid religious persecution following his conversion to Catholicism. He lived in poverty in Antwerp. His daughter Elizabeth became a lay sister at the French convent of Port Royal near Versailles). John, having filled the high offices of the Lord Privy Seal, Judge of the Court of Session, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor of Scotland, was elevated to Lord Maitland of Thirlestane on May 18, 1590. His coat of arms along with that of his wife Janet can be seen on a stone panel above the door in the old banqueting hall of the Lethington Tower. By marrying Janet, daughter of Lady Barbara Hamilton and James, IV Lord Fleming, he allied the line of his descendants with royal blood. Janet was descended from King James II of Scotland.
He was married to Lady Janet Fleming in 1575.

4897. Lady Janet Fleming. Niece to his brother's wife, Janet, daughter of Lady Barbara Hamilton and James, IV Lord Fleming.
Janet was descended from King James II of Scotland.
Janet's coat of arms along with her husband John's can be seen on a stone panel above the door in the old banqueting hall of the Lethington Tower.
Children were:

2448 i. John Maitland 1st Duke of Lauderdale.