Death
Maitland died on 30 November 1839 whilst at sea on board the Wellesley, off Bombay. He was buried at Bombay. A monument was later erected by subscription to his memory in the cathedral. His wife, Lady Maitland, died in 1865 at Lindores, Fife.
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