Old travel Blog photograph of Lennoxlove House set in woodlands half a mile south of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. The house comprises a 15th century tower, originally known as Lethington Castle, and has been extended several times, principally in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is now the seat of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon. The lands of Lethington were acquired by Robert Maitland of Thirlestane in 1345. The Maitland family constructed the earliest part of the building, the L-plan tower house at the south west of the building. Mary of Guise stayed at Lethington in 1548 when she came to see Haddington with Piero Strozzi. The following year it was burned by the English troops who were then occupying Haddington. Prominent members of the Maitland family included the poet Richard Maitland, born 1496, died 1586, his son William Maitland of Lethington, born 1525, died 1573, Secretary of State to Mary, Queen of Scots, and his son James Maitland of Lethington. It was then acquired by his uncle, John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, born 1537, died 1595. Lethington remained in the Maitland family until after the death of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale in 1682.
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