Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale (born 4 November 1937 in Belgrade), styled Master of Lauderdale and Viscount Maitland from 1968 to 2008, is a Scottish peer.
In 1974, he joined National Westminster Bank, rising to become a senior regional manager when he left their employ in 1995.
He was director of Maitland Consultancy Services, Ltd. from 1995 to 2007 and a marketing advisor to the London School of Economics from 1995 to 2001.
[1][2] In 1986, he was appointed a member of the Royal Company of Archers, and in 1998 became a freeman of the City of London and a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers.
On 27 April 1963, Lauderdale married firstly Anne Paule Clark (d. 2020), by whom he has one son and one daughter:[1][2] On 10 October 2020, at St Mary's, Bourne Street, Belgravia, Lauderdale married secondly Sarah Lindsay Sasse née Collings, widow of Captain Frederick Hugh Sasse (1924–1987).