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James Maitland Hog of Newliston and Kellie FRSE DL (1799–1858) was a Scottish advocate and landowner. He owned Newliston House and its estates, a magnificent mansion by Robert Adam.
Life
He was born on 7 August 1799 the son of Thomas Hog of Newliston (1742–1827) and his second wife, Mary Stuart (following the death of Lady Penelope-Madan Maitland). He was baptised at Kirkliston Parish Church on 25 August. He studied Law at Edinburgh University and became an advocate in 1822.
He appears to have inherited Kellie Castle in Fife in 1829 but made little use of the property, which was largely left to rot (until later becoming the home of Prof James Lorimer and his sons Robert Lorimer and John Henry Lorimer).
In 1853 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being James Thomson Gibson-Craig.
He died on 1 August 1858, shortly before his 59th birthday.
Family
In 1827 he married Helen Maitland Gibson, daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, baronet of Clifton Hall. They had one son, Thomas Alexander Hog (1835–1908).
His sister, Rachel Elisabeth Hog, married Patrick Fraser Tytler FRSE.