William Whitaker Maitland
About William Whitaker Maitland
Lived 1794 – 1861 (aged 66–67). William Whitaker Maitland was an English and British.
William Whitaker Maitland (1794-1861) was a British landowner, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1836.
He was the son of John Maitland, politician and landowner.
He inherited Woodford Hall, a large house in Woodford, Essex, with 50 acres of land adjacent to Epping Forest, and the nearby Loughton Hall and their manors from his father.
In 1851, he owned 1,120 acres in Loughton, let out as ten separate farms. He was recorded as being the patron of the living of the village's parish church in 1848.
He leased Woodford Hall to William Cox, and in 1840, to William Morris, father of William Morris the textile designer, poet, and socialist activist, then aged 6.
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Who was William Whitaker Maitland?
(1794-1861)
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William Whitaker Maitland was born in 1794.
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William Whitaker Maitland died in 1861.
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William Whitaker Maitland was English and British.
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