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3. Katharine, manied, 17 iS, Theodore Morison of Bognie, died 1748 leaving
issue.
4. Margaret, married, 17 14, Patrick Bannerman, merchant, third son of Sir
Alexander Bannerman, Bart.
5. Elizabeth, married Douglas of Fechil.
Sir Charles Maitland died in r 700, and was succeeded by his son,
X. Sir Charles Maitland, 4th and last Bart, of Pitrichie.
He was served heir to his father, 23 March, 1700,' and d. s. p. 1703-4, and was
succeeded, according to his father's entail, by his sister,
XI. Hon. Jean Arbuthnott Maitland of Pitrichie.
She was served, 10 May, 1704, heir-general and heir of entail to her brother,- and
she married Hon. Alexander Arbuthnott, Baron of the Exchequer, 1707, third son of
the second Viscount Arbuthnott. He took the name and arms of Maitland, and died
in 1721. They had issue : —
I. Charles Arbuthnott.
1. Catharine, who claimed, after her brother's death, the estate of Pitrichie.
She died unmarried in 1786.
2. Ann, died unmarried in 1770.
Mrs. Maitland died in 1746, and was succeeded by her son,
XII. Charles Arbuthnott Maitland of Pitrichie, M.P.
He was served heir to his mother (Domina) Jean Maitland of Pitrichie, 22 October,
1746.^ He was an advocate in Edinburgh; commissary of Glasgow, 19 March, 1724.
He was served heir-general to his father, March 23, 1747 ■• ; had a special service to his
mother in the same year. He was imprisoned by the Jacobite forces in 1747 ; was
made Sheriff of Edinburgh in 1747, and elected member of Parliament for Aberdeen
burghs, 1748-51. On his election, the "Aberdeen Journal" of the period remarks —
"Last night letters came from him franked as an M.P.," and at the same time remarks
that " the house of Mr. Charles Maitland of Pitrichie being set on fire by an attempt to
dislodge a crow's nest was burned to the ground, the furniture saved." ' Mr. Maitland
died at Edinburgh in 1751, and was succeeded by his cousin,
XIII. Arthur Forbes Maitland of Pitrichie.
He was the son of Mary Maitland and Thomas Forbes of Echt, as above narrated.
They were married July 24, 1707. Mr. Forbes of Echt died 10 May, 1761 ; she died
14 February, 17 16. Arthur Forbes assumed the name of Maitland on his accession.
1 Decen. Rets. 1700. 4 Decen. Rets. 1747.
2 Id., 1704. 5 Aberdeen Journal, 1748.
3 Id., 1746.