\IAUDE. MAUD. A remarkable contraction of De Monte Alto, De Montalt, or "of the high mountain." The first of the famil}' in England was Eustachius de Monte Alto, who came hither at the Conquest among the followers of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. From him sprang the Barons Montalt, whose elder line became extinct in the XIV. cent. Many younger branches survi'e under the name ot' Maude, and one of them. Viscount Hawarden, still enjoys the second title of Barou Montalt. According to Burke's Commoners, the name was originally derived from a ilace in Italy.

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