William Lauderdale
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William Lauderdale was an American soldier and planter from Tennessee. He served in both the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars. The city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is named after him.
Statue of Major William Lauderdale in Davie, Florida
Earl of Lauderdale
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Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The current holder of the title is Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale.
William Lauderdale
…Robert the Bruce and William Wallace. In popular family lore, William Lauderdale's grandfather, James Maitland Lauderdale Sr., was the son of a Scottish Earl of Lauderdale, and had immigrated to the American colonies in 1714; however, any relation to the Earl of Lauderdale has never been confirmed by any archival evidence…
Arms of the Earls of Lauderdale as shown in Brown's The Peerage of Scotland, 1834