John Whitaker Maitland (1831-1909) was the rector of Loughton, lord of the manor, and owner of Loughton Hall.
He was the third son of William Whitaker Maitland, landowner and High Sheriff of Essex.[1] He was educated at Harrow School, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Loughton Hall had been destroyed by fire in 1836, and after Maitland received £30,000 from the City of London for enclosing parts of Epping Forest which he owned, he rebuilt in 1878.[2]
It was designed by William Eden Nesfield in a mock Jacobean style.[3]
He married Venetia Neave, daughter of Sir Digby Neave, 3rd Baronet and Hon. Mary Arundell.
He is the grandfather of the politician Sir John Maitland through his son William Whitaker Maitland.