on the retired list in 1899. In his obituary in The Times, he is described as a ″great friend of Lord Kitchener″, and a keen golfer, which resulted in him being elected captain of the United Service Golf Club in 1890. Heriot-Maitland died from heart disease at the Grand Hotel, St Andrews, on 27 August 1902. He is buried beneath a grey granite slab in the eastern extension to St Andrews Cathedral churchyard. Family Heriot-Maitland married first, in 1872, to Frances Lorne Mary Campbell, daughter of General Sir John Campbell. After her death in 1876, he married in 1882 Jessie Stewart Hutchings, daughter of Captain George Hutchings, RN. He had two sons (twins) with his first wife, who both followed their father in the army: Brigadier-General James Dalgleish Heriot-Maitland (1874–1958), Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) Major John Campbell Heriot-Maitland (1874–1934) References 1837 births 1902 deaths British Army major generals Royal Engineers officers