John Maule - Baron Maule of Inverkeilor
Biography
Birth: 1706
Death: 1781
Son of Henry Maule (1659-1734) of Kelly, and Anne Lindsay Crawfurd (d. 1729). Sometime MP for Aberdeen. Appointed Baron of the Exchequer for Scotland in May, 1748. Appointed Trustee for encouraging fisheries and manufactures in Scotland in July, 1749. He died unmarried in 1781.
Baron Maule's Close in Edinburgh is named after him.
Also known as
- Baron Maule of Inverkeilor
Life with James Boswell
Boswell, in journal notes published in Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1763-1764, writes about himself "[being] a kind of Baron Maule" (July 10, 1764) and an intention of his to "live like Baron Maule". (July 28, 1764).
Mentioned in
John Maule is mentioned in:
- Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764
