Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Maxse KCMG
"Fitz-Maxse" pictured during the Crimean War
Born	Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse (1832-01-01)1 January 1832 Effingham, Surrey, England
Died	10 September 1883(1883-09-10) (aged 51) St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Resting place	Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England
Spouse	Auguste von Rudloff
Parents	James Maxse (father) Lady Caroline FitzHardinge (mother)
Relatives	Frederick Maxse (brother) General Ivor Maxse (nephew) Leopold Maxse (nephew) Violet Maxse (niece)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1849–1863
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	Grenadier Guards 13th Light Dragoons 21st Foot Coldstream Guards
Battles/wars	Crimean War Battle of Balaclava

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse KCMG (1 January 1832 – 10 September 1883) was a British Army officer of the Crimean War and colonial official who was Governor of Newfoundland.

Maxse was the son of James Maxse and Lady Caroline Fitzhardinge, daughter of the 5th Earl of Berkeley (pronounced Barkley).^[1]

Maxse was commissioned lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards in 1849 and transferred to the 13th Light Dragoons and then the 21st Foot in 1852. He was promoted captain in 1854 and transferred to the Coldstream Guards in 1855. He was promoted major in 1855 and lieutenant-colonel in 1863.

He was wounded at the Battle of Balaclava and received medals of honour for his service. He was lieutenant-governor of Heligoland in 1863 and appointed as governor the following year. Maxse became governor of Newfoundland in 1881.

Maxse was instrumental in the construction of the Newfoundland Railway. Most of his term as governor was spent in Germany with his wife, Auguste von Rudloff (d.1915). A noted German-language scholar, he published an English translation of Bismarck's Letters to his Wife and Sisters.

Maxse died as a result of the injuries he suffered at the Battle of Balaclava. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.

• Governors of Newfoundland
• List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador

• Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Crimean War biographies
• The Maxse Letter
• Governors of Heligoland
• IMDb movie The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

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