Maxwell baronets

There have been several baronetcies created for persons with the surname Maxwell, all of them in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

Maxwell Baronets, of Calderwood (1627)

Maxwell Baronet, of Pollok (1630)

  • Sir John Maxwell, 1st Baronet (1583–1647)

Maxwell Baronets, of Orchardtoun (1663)

  • Sir Robert Maxwell, 1st Baronet[1]

Maxwell Baronets, of Monreith (1681)

Created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 January 1681 for William Maxwell of Monreith in Mochrum, Wigtownshire. The 2nd baronet sat as the MP for Wigtown Burghs in 1713–1715. The 5th baronet sat as MP for Wigtownshire in 1805–1812 and 1822–1830. The 7th baronet sat for the same constituency from 1880 to 1906, going on to become Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown.

The family seat is Monreith House, near Port William, Dumfries and Galloway.

  • Sir Aymer Maxwell, 8th Baronet (1911–1987), grandson of the 7th Bart.
  • Sir Michael Eustace George Maxwell, 9th Baronet (1943–2021),[2] nephew of the 8th Bart. (son of Eustace Maxwell)
  • Sir John Hamilton Maxwell, 10th Baronet (born 1945), descended from the 4th Baronet

Maxwell, later Heron-Maxwell baronets, of Springkell (1683)

Maxwell, now Maxwell Macdonald Baronets, of Pollock (1682/1707)

Maxwell, of Cardoness (1804)

  • Sir David Maxwell, 1st Baronet (died 1825)
  • Sir David Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (17731860)
  • Sir William Maxwell, 3rd 2nd Baronet (18091886)[3]
  • Sir William Francis Maxwell, 4th Baronet (18441924)

See also

References

  1. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1977). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. p. 632. ISBN 9780806307398.
  2. "Maxwell, Sir Michael Eustace George, 9th Baronet of Monreith". The Times. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1881). The baronetage and knightage. p. 423.
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