Gerald Maitland-Carew

Who is Gerald Maitland-Carew?

The Hon. Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew is Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland, prior to which he was Deputy Lieutenant, from 1989.

Maitland-Carew was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, being the second son of The 6th Baron Carew by his Scottish spouse, Sylvia Gwendoline, daughter of The 15th Earl of Lauderdale. His father, Lord Carew, was the owner of Castletown House in Celbridge, County Kildare, which is possibly the largest country house still standing anywhere in Ireland. As the Maitland's male entail had been broken, he inherited Thirlestane Castle through his mother, in 1971, when he also assumed the new surname of Maitland-Carew by Deed Poll. He is now trustee of both the Thirlestane Castle and Mellerstain House Charitable Trusts.

Educated at Harrow School, he served in the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, reaching the rank of Captain. He is today a member of the Territorial Army Committee, and is a Brigadier of the Royal Company of Archers.