[La Bigne. Magna Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum et Antiq. Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum. Coloniae Agrippinae, 1618.]
Crest.—A lion sejant affrontée gu., holding in his dexter paw a sword ppr., pommelled and hilted or, and in the sinister paw a fleur-de-lys az.
Coronet.—That of a Viscount.
Motto.—Consilio et animis.
Note.—Used between 1616 and 1624.
[Tacitus. Opera. 1595.]
John Maitland (born circ. 1580, died 18th January 1645) was the only son of John Maitland, Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, and succeeded to his father's peerage in 1595. In 1616 Lord Maitland was created Viscount Lauderdale, and in 1624, Earl of Lauderdale. Lord Lauderdale was a Lord of Session in Scotland.
