His son, Fox Maule, 2nd Baron Panmure also inherited the title Earl of Dalhousie (as the eleventh earl).
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The greater portion of the Panmure estates passed to William another great-nephew of the second Earl and the second son of the Earl of Dalhousie.
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Alexander Edward was the eldest son of Robert Edward, minister at Murroes in Angus, who was related by marriage to the Maule family, and as such enjoyed the patronage of the Maule Earls of Panmure.