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| Thomas Maitland R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 3 February 1803 | | Born. |
| 7 February 1828 | | Married at Rio de Janeiro Amelia, daughter of William Young |
| 29 June 1841 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), for service in the first Anglo-Chinese war |
| 1862 | | Succeeded as 11th Earl of Lauderdale |
| 28 March 1865 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 24 May 1873 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
| 1 September 1878 | | Died |
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| Date | Rank |
| 22 September 1816 | Entered Navy |
| 16 May 1823 | Lieutenant |
| 30 April 1827 | Commander |
| 10 January 1837 | Captain |
| 18 June 1857 | Rear-Admiral |
| 18 November 1863 | Vice-Admiral |
| 8 April 1868 | Admiral |
| 3 February 1873 | Retired Admiral |
| 27 November 1877 | Retired Admiral of the Fl |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 16 May 1823 | | Lieutenant in Euryalus, commanded by Augustus William James Clifford |
| 20 December 1825 | | Lieutenant in Superb, commanded by Henry Hill, Guard-ship at Portsmouth |
| 1 March 1826 | | Lieutenant in Ganges, flg-ship of Sir Robert Waller Otway, South America |
| 14 June 1832 | 7 May 1833 | Commander in Sparrowhawk, Mexico |
| 4 April 1835 | 10 January 1837 | Commander in Tweed, coast of Spain |
| 19 June 1837 | | Captain in Wellesley, flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick Lewis Maitland, then Commodore Sir James John Gordon Bremer, then Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
| 10 November 1846 | | Captain in America, coast of Portugal |
| 28 April 1848 | | Captain in San Josef, flagship of Admiral William Hall Gage, Devonport |
| 1 January 1849 | | Captain in Impregnable, flagship of Admiral William Hall Gage, Devonport |
| 27 September 1852 | 22 October 1853 | Captain in Agamemnon (from commissioning at Woolwich), Channel squadron |
| 20 December 1853 | 19 March 1854 | Captain in Victory, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, Portsmouth |
| 17 January 1854 | 18 June 1857 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
| 5 May 1860 | 31 October 1862 | Commander-in-chief, Pacific (flag in Bacchante) |