Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Maitland ya tafi Indiya kuma ya zama babban kwamandan rundunar Madras a 1836 yana aiki na shekaru biyu. A 1843 an nada shi Kanar na 17 (Leicestershire) Regiment kuma a 1844 Gwamna na Cape Colony, amma an cire shi a lokacin juyin juya hali.
Yaƙin Xhosa. Har yanzu ana girmama shi sosai a Masarautar Lesotho saboda hukuncinsa game da batun kan iyaka tsakanin Orange River Afrikaners da Basotho na Sarki Moshoeshoe I, wanda, da an aiwatar da shi, da ya tabbatar da makomar tattalin arzikin masarautar. An sanya shi Knight Grand Cross na Dokar Bath a ranar 6 ga Afrilu 1852.