James Maitland Hog

James Maitland Hog of Newliston and Kellie FRSE DL (7 August 1799–1 August 1858) was a Scottish advocate and landowner. He owned Newliston House and its estates, an impressive mansion by Robert Adam.

Life
Newliston House
Kellie Castle

He was born on 7 August 1799 the son of Thomas Hog of Newliston (1742–1827) and his second wife, Mary Stuart (following the death of Lady Penelope-Madan Maitland). He was baptised at Kirkliston Parish Church on 25 August.[1] He studied law at the University of Edinburgh and became an advocate in 1822.

He appears to have inherited Kellie Castle in Fife in 1829 but made little use of the property, which was largely left to fall into disrepair. The Castle later became the home of Prof James Lorimer and his sons Robert Lorimer and John Henry Lorimer.

In 1853 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being James Thomson Gibson-Craig.[2]

He died on 1 August 1858, aged 58.

Family

In 1827 he married Helen Maitland Gibson, daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, baronet of Clifton Hall.[3] They had one son, Thomas Alexander Hog (1835–1908).[1]

His sister, Rachel Elisabeth Hog, married Patrick Fraser Tytler FRSE.

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References
  1. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. Burke’s Peerage vol.3
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