MAITLAND, John 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, then Duke of Lauderdale ¹

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John married Anna HOME, daughter of Alexander HOME 6th Lord Home, 1st Earl of Home and Marie Dudley SUTTON, 6 September 1632(contract).¹ (Anna HOME was born about 1618 and died on 6 November 1671 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"While very young he married Anna Home, youngest daughter of the first Earl of Home (marriage-contract dated 23 August and 6 September 1632). (page 303)

"The Duke had issue only by his first marriage, viz. : Mary" (page 306)

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹

John next married Elizabeth MURRAY Countess of Dysart, suo jure 17 February 1671(1672).^{1 2} (Elizabeth MURRAY Countess of Dysart, suo jure was born about 1626 and died on 4 June 1698 in Petersham, Middlesex, England ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"She (Elizabeth Murray) was married, secondly, at Petersham, 17 February 1671-72, the ceremony being performed 'publiquely in the time of reading the Common Prayer,' to the celebrated John, Duke of Lauderdale (then Earl of Lauderdale), over whom, it is supposed, she had great influence, of a kind 'which encouraged him in his greatest errors.' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)





"And on 17 February 1672 he (John Maitland) married, as his second wife, the evil genius of himself and his family, Elizabeth Murray, in her own right Countess of Dysart and widow of Sir Lionel Talmash, to whom she had borne eleven children. This lady is said to have possessed great beauty and an uncertain temper. For years past her name had been closely associated with that of Lauderdale, and at an earlier date she was believed to have attracted the admiration of the Protector himself." (pages 304 and 305)

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}