Charles Maitland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Maitland during the Crimean War 1854–1856 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Canada | 27 September 1823||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 January 1891 Crookham, Hampshire, England | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service/ | British Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1841–1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battles/wars |
Kafir Wars Crimean War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards |
Order of the Bath Legion of Honour Order of the Medjidie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1842–1843 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]