caption serviceyears father commands branch laterwork death_date death_place mother birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
george theodore berthon 's sir peregrine maitland 1791 -- 1836 thomas maitland madras army foot guards lt. scotia governor of cape colony governor of upper canada lt. governor of nova yes 30 may 1854 6 july 1777 eaton place , west london , united kingdom jane mathew longparish , hampshire , great britain great britain haitian revolution french revolutionary wars napoleonic wars 6 july 1777 general ; general 1843 . , 14 june 1815 ; lt. general 1834 peregrine maitland portrait.jpg peregrine maitland
 sir peregrine maitland
peregrine maitland

general sir peregrine maitland , gcb -lrb- 6 july 1777 -- 30 may 1854 -rrb- was a british soldier and colonial administrator .
he also was a first-class cricketer from 1798 to 1808 .
born at longparish house in longparish , hampshire , the eldest of five sons of thomas maitland of lyndhurst , hampshire , -lrb- d. 1798 -rrb- by his spouse jane , daughter of edward mathew , general of the coldstream guards by his wife lady jane -lrb- d. 21 august 1793 -rrb- , daughter of peregrine bertie , 2nd duke of ancaster and kesteven .
thomas maitland possessed plantations in the parish of st. thomas middle island on the island of st. christopher .
