John Maitland 1616-1682
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John MAITLAND, 1st Duke of Lauderdale 1616-82
Biographical Note
Statesman and politician.
Books
Acquired books throughout his career, and had a sizeable library at Ham House, where he incorporated the handsome library room in the mid 1670s which still survives. Library auctioned in London, in a series of sales between 1687 and 1692.
Characteristic Markings
Books with his armorial stamp survive.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Beadle, R. Medieval English manuscripts at auction, 1676-c.1700, The Book Collector 53 (2004), 46-63.
- Hutton, Ronald. "Maitland, John, duke of Lauderdale (1616–1682), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Mandelbrote, G. The library of the Duke of Lauderdale, in C. Rowell (ed), Ham House, 2013, 222-231.
- Purcell, M. The Library at Ham House, The Book Collector 55 (2006), 509-24.
- Thornton, P. & M. Tomlin, The furnishing and decoration of Ham House, London, 1980.
- West, S. An architectural typology for the early modern country house library, 1660-1720, The Library 7th ser 14 (2013), 441-464.