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)[]

see Baron Farnham

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.

(c. 1635–1709)
Sir Alexander Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (died 1730), son of the 1st Bart.
Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (c. 1715–1771), son of the 2nd Bart.
(died 1812), son of the 3rd Bart.
(1779–1838), son of the 4th Bart.
(1804–1877), son of the 5th Bart.
Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet (1845–1937), son of the 6th Bart.

Lt-Col Aymer Edward Maxwell (1877–1914), who married Mary, daughter of Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland

(1911–1987), grandson of the 7th Bart.
(1943–2021),^[2] nephew of the 8th Bart. (son of Eustace Maxwell)
(born 1945), descended from the 4th baronet

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

see Heron-Maxwell Baronets

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

see Maxwell Macdonald Baronets

Maxwell, of Cardoness (1804)[]

Sir David Maxwell, 1st Baronet (died 1825)
Sir David Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (1773–1860)
Sir William Maxwell, 3rd 2nd Baronet (1809–1886)^[3]
Sir William Francis Maxwell, 4th Baronet (1844–1924)

References[]

^ 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.
^ "Maxwell, Sir Michael Eustace George, 9th Baronet of Monreith". The Times. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ Foster, Joseph (1881). The baronetage and knightage. p. 423.

[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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