Alastair Maitland

Alastair George Maitland CBE (30 January 1916 – 21 December 2011) was a British diplomat. He was born in Kampala, Uganda, the son of a colonial service botanist. He was educated at Edinburgh University.

Maitland served as a diplomat in Canada, Israel and the United States, culminating in his appointment as consul-general in Boston . After retiring, he settled in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife Betty. He then married Hazel Porter and retired to Heath, Massachusetts to live out the rest of his life.