Alastair Maitland


Alastair George Maitland CBE was a British diplomat.

Biography

He was born in Kampala, Uganda, the son of a colonial service botanist. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh.
Maitland served as a diplomat in Canada, Israel and the United States, culminating in his appointment as consul-general in Boston. After retiring, he settled in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife Betty. He then married Hazel Porter and retired to Heath, Massachusetts to live out the rest of his life.