Maxwell Baronets
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Maxwell of Calderwood
The Maxwell Baronetcy of Calderwood was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627.The Baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of settling the plantation of that province
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. King James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
announced his intention of creating 100 baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
s, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks
Mark (money)
Mark was a measure of weight mainly for gold and silver, commonly used throughout western Europe and often equivalent to 8 ounces. Considerable variations, however, occurred throughout the Middle Ages Mark (from a merging of three Teutonic/Germanic languages words, Latinized in 9th century...
in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Sir William Alexander, to whom the province had been granted by charter
Charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified...
in 1621.
The purchaser was Sir James Maxwell (died c1670). The 2nd Bart died without issue. The 3rd Bart was son of Colonel John Maxwell who died in Dunbar in 1650. The 6th Bart died without issue. The 7th Bart was son of Alexander Maxwell of Leith, third son of 4th Bart.
In 1885 James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham
James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham
James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham was an Irish peer, Nova Scotia baronet and Member of Parliament.He was the son of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham and Lady Anne Butler. He became a Member of Parliament for County Cavan on 17 February 1843...
succeeded his distant relative as eleventh Baronet of Calderwood. The title passed to Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham
Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham
Somerset Henry Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham was an Irish Representative peer and a Nova Scotia baronet.He was the son of Richard Thomas Maxwell, and grandson of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham. He married Lady Florence Jane Taylour, daughter of Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort and Amelia...
and continued to the descendents of Baron Farnham
Baron Farnham
Baron Farnham, of Farnham in the County of Cavan, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for John Maxwell, who had previously represented Cavan Borough in the Irish House of Commons. John Maxwell's son, the second Baron, was created Viscount Farnham in 1760 and Earl of Farnham...
- Sir James Maxwell, 1st Bart of Calderwood (d c1670)
- Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Bart of Calderwood (c1640 - 1703) son, no issue
- Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Bart of Calderwood (d 1716)
- Sir William Maxwell, 4th Bart of Calderwood (d 1750) son
- Sir William Maxwell, 5th Bart of Calderwood (d 1789) son
- Sir William Maxwell, 6th Bart of Calderwood (1748 - 1829) son, no issue
- Sir William Maxwell, 7th Bart of Calderwood (1754 - 1837)
- Sir William Alexander Maxwell, 8th Bart of Calderwood (1793 - 1865) son, no issue
- Sir Hugh Bates Maxwell, 9th Bart of Calderwood (1797 - 1870) brother
- Sir William Maxwell, 10th Bart of Calderwood (1828 -1885) son, no issue
- 12th James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham
- 13th Somerset Henry Maxwell, 10th Baron FarnhamSomerset Maxwell, 10th Baron FarnhamSomerset Henry Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham was an Irish Representative peer and a Nova Scotia baronet.He was the son of Richard Thomas Maxwell, and grandson of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham. He married Lady Florence Jane Taylour, daughter of Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort and Amelia...
(1849-1900) - 14th Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron FarnhamArthur Maxwell, 11th Baron FarnhamArthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham was an Irish Representative peer and a Nova Scotia baronet.He was the son of Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham and Lady Florence Jane Taylour. On his father's death, he succeeded as 11th Baron Farnham and 14th Baronet of Calderwood on the 22 November 1900...
(1879-1957) - 15th Barry Owen Somerset Maxwell, 12th Baron FarnhamBarry Maxwell, 12th Baron FarnhamThe Rt. Hon. Barry Owen Somerset Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham , was an Irish peer and a Nova Scotia baronet.The 12th Lord Farnham was the son of Somerset Arthur Maxwell, and grandson of Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham. He was educated at Eton and Harvard Business School...
(1931-2001) - NR Simon Kenlis Maxwell, 13th Baron FarnhamSimon Maxwell, 13th Baron FarnhamThe Rt. Hon. Simon Kenlis Maxwell, 13th Baron Farnham , holds an Irish peerage title.The current Lord Farnham is the son of Somerset Arthur Maxwell, and grandson of Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham. He married on the 5 May 1964 to Karol Ann Prior-Palmer , daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Erroll...
(b 1933)
As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage
Maxwell of Monreith (1681)
Created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 January 1681 for William Maxwell of MonreithMonreith House
Monreith House is a category A listed Georgian mansion located east of the village of Port William in Mochrum parish, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The classical-style house was designed by Alexander Stevens in 1791, for Sir William Maxwell, 4th Baronet. The new house replaced the now-ruined...
, in the County of Wigtown
Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a registration county in the Southern Uplands of south west Scotland. Until 1975, the county was one of the administrative counties used for local government purposes, and is now administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway...
. The 2nd baronet sat as the MP for Wigtown Burghs in 1713–1715. The 5th baronet sat as MP for Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Wigtownshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament....
in 1805–1812 and 1822–1830, and the 7th baronet sat for the same consituency from 1880 to 1906, going on to become Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Wigtownshire, a county in the Dumfries and Galloway council area of south-west Scotland.-Title:...
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- Sir William Maxwell, 1st Baronet (circa 1635–1709)
- Sir Alexander Maxwell, 2nd BaronetAlexander MaxwellSir Alexander Maxwell, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British Parliament. He became the 2nd Baronet of Monreith in the shire of Wigtown in April 1709.He represented Wigtown Burghs 1713-1715.-References:...
(died 1730) - Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (circa 1715–1771)
- Sir William Maxwell, 4th Baronet (died 1812)
- Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet (1779–1838)
- Sir William Maxwell, 6th Baronet (1804–1877)
- Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th BaronetSir Herbert Maxwell, 7th BaronetThe Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Monreith, KT, PC, FRS, FRGS was a Scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906....
(1845–1937) - Sir Aymer Maxwell, 8th Baronet (1911–1987)
- Sir Michael Eustace George Maxwell, 9th Baronet (born 1943)
Maxwell, now Stirling-Maxwell Baronets, of Pollock (1682/1707)
- see Stirling-Maxwell BaronetsStirling-Maxwell BaronetsThe Maxwell, later Stirling-Maxwell Baronetcy, of Pollock in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 12 April 1682 for John Maxwell, with remainder to the heirs of the body. In 1707 he was given a new patent extending the remainder to heirs of entail in...