Richard Maitland

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Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Lethington (1496‑March 20, 1586), Scottish poet, father of William Maitland of Lethington, Secretary of State to Mary I of Scotland.

In his later years he was blind, and occupied himself in composing a History of the House of Seaton, and by writing poems, e.g., On the New Year, On the Queene's Maryage, etc. He held various offices, chiefly legal, but appears to have kept as far as possible out of the fierce political struggles of his time, and to have been a genially satirical humorist.

This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.

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