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    General Sir Peregrine Maitland, GCB (6 July 1777 – 30 May 1854) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He also was a first-class cricketer from...
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    Goderich. It is 150 kilometres (93 mi) long, and is named after Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1818 to 1828. It was formerly...
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    locations. The suburb is named after Sir Peregrine Maitland who was governor of the Cape in the mid 1840s. Maitland lies to the north of Pinelands, south...
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  • officer Peregrine Laziosi (1260–1345), Roman Catholic saint Sir Peregrine Maitland (1777–1854), British soldier and colonial administrator Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannáin...
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    in Maitland. The community was part of the Douglas Township until it was renamed Maitland after former Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Peregrine Maitland...
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  • Peregrine Maitland Grover (October 17, 1818 – May 28, 1885) was an Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure. He represented Peterborough East in...
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    was named in 1822 after a pet dog of Lady Sarah Maitland (1792–1873), wife of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Two other adjoining...
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    settled by the British, becoming the village of Maitland. The village was named after Sir Peregrine Maitland, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada...
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  • Mary Ann Maitland (1839-1919), Canadian writer Peregrine Maitland (1777–1854), British soldier and colonial administrator Richard Maitland (1496–1586)...
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    abandoned and covered with dead. Suddenly 1,500 British Foot Guards under Peregrine Maitland, who had been lying down to protect themselves from the French artillery...
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    Colony In office 27 January 1847 – 1 December 1847 Preceded by Sir Peregrine Maitland Succeeded by Sir Harry Smith Governor of Madras In office 7 April...
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    again as Administrator in the absence of Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland for three months in 1820. As Administrator, Smith was advised not...
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    urban bustle. The origins of the name is believed to be from Sir Peregrine Maitland from Spanish for monkey. The Town of Mono as it currently is organized...
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    Governor of Guernsey 1821–1828 Succeeded by John Ross Preceded by Sir Peregrine Maitland Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada 1828–1836 Succeeded by Sir Francis...
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    it came from the Spanish word for gold. After the War of 1812, Sir Peregrine Maitland, then Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, offered Black veterans...
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    he learned that his mother's great-great-uncle was the soldier Sir Peregrine Maitland who in 1815 served as a major general at the Battle of Waterloo. Lloyd...
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    Zwartkopjes (2 May 1845) a new arrangement was made between Kok and Peregrine Maitland, the then Governor of Cape Colony, virtually placing the administration...
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  • Parliament Years Member Party 1st  1867–1872     Peregrine Maitland Grover Conservative 2nd  1872–1874 3rd  1874–1878     James Hall Liberal 4th  1878–1882...
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  • Governor Maitland may refer to: Frederick Maitland (1763–1848), Governor of Grenada from 1805 to 1811 Peregrine Maitland (1777–1854), Governor of Nova...
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  • Voortrekker leader Hendrik Potgieter settles at Delagoa Bay, Mozambique Sir Peregrine Maitland becomes Governor of the Cape Colony. Fighting erupts between Boers...
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    eastern bank of the Old Woman's River, called Cape Maitland, in honour of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape Colony. The name was later changed...
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  • (continued) ← 1828 24. Sir Peregrine Maitland KCB 1828 → Governors under William IV (1830–1837): 24. Sir Peregrine Maitland KCB (continued) ← → Thomas...
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    in the United States. For their service, Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland provided many Black people with land grants in Oro Township in 1815...
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    given in York, Upper Canada by then Lieutenant-Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland. Maitland was a veteran of the British campaign against the French in Spain...
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    1844 Sir George Thomas Napier 18 March 1844 to 27 January 1847 Sir Peregrine Maitland Governors and high commissioners for Southern Africa 27 January 1847...
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  • income upon him. William Conway Gordon served as ADC to General Sir Peregrine Maitland, a relative by marriage of Lord William, being a distant cousin of...
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    British in the final frontier war. However, British Imperial General Peregrine Maitland rejected the treaty and sent an insulting letter back to the Xhosa...
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    in 1847 and begun to unravel the work of the previous governor Sir Peregrine Maitland, who had reached agreements with the Basotho and the Griqua leaders...
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    had issue. Lady Sarah Lennox (c. 1794 – 8 September 1873), married Peregrine Maitland. Lady Georgiana Lennox (30 September 1795 – 15 December 1891), married...
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    her family by eloping after Waterloo with Waterloo hero, General Peregrine Maitland, 17 years her senior. The courtship had gone unnoticed by her family...
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