Maxwell Surname History
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SURNAME MEANING
A Scottish habitational surname denoting a person who lived near the salmon pool on the river Tweed near Kelso bridge, near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, first recorded in 1144 as Mackeswell, meaning “Mack’s spring (or stream)”, derived from the Old English world wella
NOBLE TITLES HELD
John de Maccuswell (d. 1241) was first Lord Maxwell of Caerlaverock
Earl of Nithsdale was a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1620 for Sir Robert Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell
The Maxwell baronetcy of Calderwood was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627 for Sir James Maxwell
John Maxwell (1687-1759) was an Irish politician who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Farnham in 1740.
Robert Maxwell, 2nd Baron Farnham was created Viscount Farnham in 1760 and Earl of Farnham in 1763
The Maxwell Baronetcy of Pollock in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1682 for Sir John Maxwell
The Maxwell baronetcy of Orchardtoun was created in 1663 for Sir Robert Maxwell
The Maxwell baronetcy of Monreith in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia was created in 1681 for Sir William Maxwell
The Maxwell Baronetcy of Springkell in the County of Dumfries is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia created in 1683 for Sir Patrick Maxwell. The fourth Baronet sat as member of parliament for Dumfries Burghs.
The Maxwell Baronetcy of Cardoness was created in 1804 for Sir David Maxwell
LANDED GENTRY
Maxwell of Terraughty, Dumfries, co. Scotland
Maxwell of Munches, Scotland
Maxwell of Kirkconnell House, co. Kirkcudbright, co. Scotland
Maxwell of Ballyrolly, co. Down, Ireland
Maxwell of Corduff, co. Dublin, Ireland
Maxwell of Fortland, co. Cavan, Ireland
KNIGHTHOODS
Sir Murray Maxwell, Captain in the Royal Navy – 1818
Sir Charles William Maxwell, Major General – 1836
Sir Archibald Montgomery Maxwell, Lieutenant Colonel – 1836
Sir Peter Benson Maxwell – 1856
Sir George Vaughan Maxwell, Lieutenant General – 1881
Sir Patrick Maxwell - 1887
Sir William Edward Maxwell, governor – 1896
NOTABLES
Captain Sir Murray Maxwell (1775-1831) was a British Royal Navy officer who served with distinction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, particularly during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Lilly Maxwell (c. 1800 – 1876) was a British suffragist who was said to be the first woman to vote by campaigning suffragists in Manchester.
Captain Robert Maxwell (1770–1796)
William Hamilton Maxwell (1792-1850) in Musselburgh, Scotland was an Irish novelist
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was a Scottish mathematician and scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.
Hugh Maxwell (1787-1873) was an American lawyer and politician from New York who served as Collector of the Port of New York
Augustus Emmet Maxwell (1820-1903) was an American lawyer and politician. Maxwell served in a number of political positions in the State of Florida including as one of Florida's Senators to the Confederate States Congress, Florida Secretary of State, and as Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
EARLY SETTLERS
Alexander Maxwell – Boston – 1650
Daniel Maxwell – Boston – 1652
James Maxwell – Maryland – 1658
Mary Maxwell – Maryland – 1659
Jane Maxwell – Virginia – 1664
Elizabeth Maxwell – Pennsylvania – 1718
Hugh Maxwell – Massachusetts - 1733
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