William Whitaker Maitland

William Whitaker Maitland (1794-1861) was a British landowner, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1836.

He was the son of John Maitland, politician and landowner.

He inherited Woodford Hall, a large house in Woodford, Essex, with 50 acres of land adjacent to Epping Forest,^[1] and the nearby Loughton Hall and their manors from his father.

In 1851, he owned 1,120 acres in Loughton, let out as ten separate farms.^[2] He was recorded as being the patron of the living of the village's parish church in 1848.^[3]

He leased Woodford Hall to William Cox, and in 1840, to William Morris, father of William Morris the textile designer, poet, and socialist activist, then aged 6.^[1]

His third son, the Reverend John Whitaker Maitland, was the rector of Loughton, and lord of the manor.^[4]