The Maitland Club was a Scottish historical and literary club and text publication society, modelled on the Roxburghe Club and the Bannatyne Club. It took its name from Sir Richard Maitland (later Lord Lethington), the Scottish poet. The club was founded in Glasgow in 1828, to edit and publish early Scottish texts. Since the distribution of the publications was usually limited to members, the typical print run was between seventy and a hundred copies. The club was wound up in 1859, after publishing its own history as its 80th volume. The later Hunterian Club modelled themselves on the Maitland Club.
Contents
Presidents
The Earl of Glasgow (around 1835)
Notable members
Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet
Robert Pitcairn
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn
Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Makdougall-Brisbane
Patrick Fraser Tytler
Wilson Dobie Wilson
Beriah Botfield
James Dennistoun
James Dunlop
John Gibson Lockhart
Items published
Scalacronica, 1836, edited by Joseph Stevenson from the MS at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Chronicon de Lanercost, 1839.