| Authorised form of name | Maitland; Ebenezer Fuller (c 1780 - 1858); landowner and politician |
| Dates | c 1780 - 1858 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kings Arms Yard, parish of St Stephen Coleman Street, City of London, England |
| Date of birth | 23 April 1780 |
| Place of death | Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Date of death | 01 November 1858 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Christened: 23 May 1780, Carey Street New Court Independent , London, England.
Registration of birth: 23 April 1780, at Dr Williams Library, Cripplegate a nonconformist Registry.
Place of marriage: St. Mary, Battersea, Surrey, England. |
| Occupation | land owner and politician |
| Activity | Career: Member of British Parliament for Lostwithel (1807-1812); Member of British Parliament for Wallingford (1812-1820); Member of British Parliament for Chippenham (1826-1830); Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Berkshire (1825); Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Brecknockshire (1830); director of the South Sea Company (1815-1858).
Memberships:
FSA |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/03/1829 |
| Age at election | 49 |
| Relationships | Parents: Ebenezer Maitland (1752 - 1834), London West India merchant and partner in Maitland, Bond and Ede, and Mary Winter, daughter of John Winter.
Spouse: Bethia Ellis,daughter of Joshua Ellis and Esther Ellis (m. 9 December 1800).
Children: 12 children, including William Fuller Maitland (1813-1876), picture collector. |
| OtherInfo | Legally changed his name to Ebenezer Fuller Maitland by Royal Licence, at request of Sarah Fuller, his wife's aunt, on 20 November 1807.
The South Sea Company, of which he was director, was a public and private partnership that was designed as a way of consolidating, controlling and reducing the national debt and to help Britain increase its trade and profits in the Americas. To enable this, in 1713 it was granted a trading monopoly in the region. Part of this was the asiento, which allowed for the trading of enslaved African persons to the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Wiki Tree, benezer (Maitland) Fuller Maitland DL FRS (1780 - 1858), [URL: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Maitland-282; last accessed; 19/02/2025]
Ebenezer Maitland, University College London, Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, Profile & Legacies Summary 1752 - 1834, [URL: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146633426; last accessed: 19/02/2025] |
| Code | NA1533 |