Maxwell, John, 1791-1865

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Maxwell, John, 1791-1865

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1791-1865

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MAXWELL, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir John Maxwell, Bart., MP, of Pollok, Renfrewshire, and Hannah Anne, dau. of Richard Gardiner, Aldeburgh, Suffolk; b. 12 May 1791; adm. Christmas 1806; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1809; Edinburgh Univ. 1812; foreign tour 1813; MP (Whig) Renfrewshire 1818-30, Lanarkshire 1832-7; FRS 26 Feb 1829; succ. father as 8th Baronet 30 Jul 1844; DL Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire; m. 14 Oct 1839 Lady Matilda Harriet Bruce, second dau. of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); d. 6 Jun 1865.

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Bruce, Thomas, 1766-1841 (1766-1841)

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GB-2014-WSA-04010

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Bruce, Thomas, 1766-1841

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Maxwell, John, 1791-1865

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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