Dalrymple Maitland was a prominent business leader and public official on the Isle of Man. He served as a member of the House of Keys for Middle Sheading from 1890, and for a decade from 1909 to 1919 was Speaker of the House of Keys. He was the son of John Maitland, a proprietor and editor of the Liverpool Mercury newspaper. He succeeded his father as one of the proprietors. His mother was Agnes Dalrymple, daughter of James Dalrymple, the leading Congregationalist and manager of the mills at Union Mills on the Isle of Man. He was educated at Dr Steele's Crescent Academy, Douglas, and later worked in his uncle's business in Union Mills. In 1887 he sold many of his interests to enter public life, becoming a Member of the House of Keys in 1890 and a Justice of the Peace in 1892. He was also Chairman of the Isle of Man Railways, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and the Isle of Man Bank. The railway locomotive No. 11 built in 1905 for the Isle of Man Railways was named 'Maitland' in his honour. In the same year he became Speaker of the House of Keys he was also appointed to the Captaincy of Marown. He was actively involved in many institutions on the island. He married Frances Caley, the daughter of Charles Caley, in 1879. She died shortly after giving birth to their only child, John Dalrymple Maitland in 1891. John Dalrymple Maitland was killed in Flanders in 1916, a blow which his father felt acutely. Dalrymple Maitland died at his home Brook Mooar in Union Mills tended by his niece Mary Woodhead. On the news of his death the Legislative Council and the House of Keys adjourned as a mark of respect. He was buried at Braddan.
Dalrymple Maitland was a prominent business leader and public official on the Isle of Man. He served as a member of the House of Keys for Middle Sheading from 1890, and for a decade from 1909 to 1919 was Speaker of the House of Keys. He was the son of John Maitland, a proprietor and editor of the Liverpool Mercury newspaper. He succeeded his father as one of the proprietors. His mother was Agnes Dalrymple, daughter of James Dalrymple, the leading Congregationalist and manager of the mills at Union Mills on the Isle of Man. He was educated at Dr Steele's Crescent Academy, Douglas, and later worked in his uncle's business in Union Mills. In 1887 he sold many of his interests to enter public life, becoming a Member of the House of Keys in 1890 and a Justice of the Peace in 1892. He was also Chairman of the Isle of Man Railways, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and the Isle of Man Bank. The railway locomotive No. 11 built in 1905 for the Isle of Man Railways was named 'Maitland' in his honour. In the same year he became Speaker of the House of Keys he was also appointed to the Captaincy of Marown. He was actively involved in many institutions on the island. He married Frances Caley, the daughter of Charles Caley, in 1879. She died shortly after giving birth to their only child, John Dalrymple Maitland in 1891. John Dalrymple Maitland was killed in Flanders in 1916, a blow which his father felt acutely. Dalrymple Maitland died at his home Brook Mooar in Union Mills tended by his niece Mary Woodhead. On the news of his death the Legislative Council and the House of Keys adjourned as a mark of respect. He was buried at Braddan.
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