Page "Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale" Paragraph 4

In a paper presented by the Duke of Hamilton to King Charles II in 1679, he detailed the grievances under which Scotland then suffered and complained that Lord Haltoun was " overbearing and insolent in the extreme ".

Upon the fall of The Duke of Lauderdale, Lord Haltoun's enemies began to attack him.

He was, in July 1681, accused before parliament of perjury, the prosecution only halted by the adjournment of parliament.

In November that year, a letter was procured from the King whereby he was deprived of the honour of presiding in Council, which, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Privy Seal, it appears he had formerly enjoyed, and, at the same time, the accounts of the Treasury were ordered to be investigated.