Adam Maitland

Sir Adam Maitland was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the member of parliament for Faversham in Kent. He entered Parliament as a result of the 25 January 1928 Faversham by-election, and held his seat until 1945. An accountant by profession, he was a Fellow of the Society of Accountants and Auditors. He received a knighthood in 1936, had been a director of the Pall Mall Gazette and Globe, and a director of the London board of the Royal Exchange Assurance.

Personal

Maitland was born in Bury, Lancashire, on 25 May 1885 to Joseph Maitland of Aberdeenshire and his wife Mary. Educated privately, on 6 Sep 1911, he married Nancy Helen, the daughter of Henry Chadwick of Bury, Lancs.