Sir John Maitland | |
Birth Date: | 1903 3, df=yes |
Birth Name: | John Francis Whitaker Maitland |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Horncastle |
Term Start: | 5 July 1945 |
Term End: | 10 March 1966 |
Predecessor: | Henry Haslam |
Successor: | Peter Tapsell |
Parliament: | United Kingdom |
Party: | Conservative |
Spouse: | Bridget Denny |
Children: | William Peter Andrew Sarah Robert |
Parents: | William Maitland Louisa Maitland |
Nationality: | British |
Sir John Francis Whitaker Maitland (24 March 1903 – 17 November 1977) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.[1]
In the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the safe Conservative seat of Horncastle in Lincolnshire.[2] He held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1966 general election.
His daughter, Sally Louisa Mary Maitland, married the Conservative Member of Parliament Jock Bruce-Gardyne.[3]