William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure

General William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure (1700–1782) was a Scottish soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 47 years from 1735 to 1782.

[1] He returned to Scotland following the general pardon of 1719 and enlisted as an ensign in the 1st Foot in October 1727.

He was finally appointed Colonel of the Royal Scots Greys in November 1770, a position he held until his death.

[2] He bought back the family estate of Brechin Castle, Forfar and was created Baron Maule, Viscount Maule and Earl Panmure in the Peerage of Ireland in 1743,[3] his uncle's earldom having been forfeit by attainder in 1716.

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