Lauderdale family

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The Lauderdale family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically linked to the Earls of Lauderdale and influential in the political and social life of Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family
associatedClan Clan Maitland NERFINISHED
associatedEstate Thirlestane estate
associatedTerritory Lauderdale, Berwickshire and Midlothian
associatedWithMonarch Charles II of England
surface form: Charles II of England and Scotland
coatOfArmsBearer Maitland family arms
country Scotland
dynasticType hereditary noble lineage
ethnicOrigin Scottish
governanceRole landed magnates in Scotland
hereditaryTitle Earl of Lauderdale
Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
Viscount of Lauderdale
historicalSignificance influential in political life of Scotland
influential in social life of Scotland
languageHistoricallySpoken Scots
Scottish Gaelic
laterPoliticalAlignment Royalist
nobleRank peerage of Scotland
nobleTitleAssociatedWith Earl of Lauderdale
notableDukeTitle Duke of Lauderdale (extinct)
notableMember Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
surface form: John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale
notableOfficeHeldByMembers Lord Chancellor of Scotland
Privy Counsellor to Charles II
Secretary of State for Scotland
peerage Peerage of Scotland
politicalFaction Covenanter politics (early association of some members)
politicalInfluencePeriod 17th century Scotland
Restoration era in Scotland
politicalSphere British politics after the Acts of Union 1707
Parliament of Scotland
surface form: Scottish Parliament (pre-1707)
region Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
religiousTraditionHistorically Presbyterianism
seatAssociatedWith Thirlestane Castle
socialStatus aristocracy
surname Maitland
titleCreation Earl of Lauderdale created in the Peerage of Scotland

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