James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham
The Rt Hon. James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham (1813 – 26 October 1896), was an Irish peer, Nova Scotia baronet and Member of Parliament. He was known as The Hon. James Pierce Maxwell between September 1838 and June 1884.
He was the son of The Rev. The 6th Baron Farnham and Lady Anne Butler. He became a Member of Parliament for County Cavan on 17 February 1843. As a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 97th Foot, he was severely wounded during the Crimean War.[1]
On his brother's death, he succeeded on 4 June 1884 as The 9th Baron Farnham, and later the next year, on 4 December 1885, he succeeded his distant cousin as 12th Baronet of Calderwood. Lord Farnham died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew, Somerset Henry Maxwell.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Library of Ireland - Collection List No. 95 - FARNHAM PAPERS" (PDF). National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Peerage.com - Lt.-Col. James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded bySir John Young Henry John Clements
Member of Parliament for County Cavan 1843–1865 With: Sir John Young 1831–1855Robert Burrowes 1855–1857Hugh Annesley 1857–1874
Succeeded byHugh AnnesleyEdward James Saunderson
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded bySomerset Richard Maxwell
Baron Farnham 1884–1896
Succeeded bySomerset Henry Maxwell
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded byWilliam Maxwell
Baronet(of Calderwood) 1885–1896
Succeeded bySomerset Henry Maxwell
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