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MAXWELL , the name of a Scottish See also:family, members of which have held the titles of See also:earl of See also:Morton, earl of See also:Nithsdale, See also:Lord Maxwell, and Lord See also:Herries. The name is taken probably from Maccuswell, or Maxwell, near See also:Kelso, whither the family migrated from See also:England about 1roo. See also:Sir See also:Herbert Maxwell won See also:great fame by defending his See also:castle of Carlaverock against See also:Edward I. in 1300; another Sir Herbert was made a lord of the Scottish See also:parliament before 1445; and his great-See also:grandson See also:John, 3rd Lord Maxwell, was killed at See also:Flodden in 1513. John's son See also:Robert, the 4th lord (d. 1546), was a member of the royal See also:council under See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James V.; he was also an extraordinary lord of session, high See also:admiral, and See also:warden of the See also:west See also:marches, and was taken prisoner by the See also:English at the rout of Solway See also:Moss in 1542. Robert's grandson John, 7th Lord Maxwell (1553-1593), was the second son of Robert, the 5th lord (d. 1552), and his wife Beatrix, daughter of James See also:Douglas, 3rd earl of Merton. After the See also:execution of the See also:regent Morton, the 4th earl, in 1581 this earldom was bestowed upon Maxwell, but in 1586 the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of the See also:late earl was reversed and he was deprived of his new See also:title. He had helped in 1585 to drive the royal favourite James See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, earl of See also:Arran, from See also:power, and he made active preparations to assist the invading Spaniards in 1588. His son John, the 8th lord (c. 1586-1613), was at See also:feud with the Johnstones, who had killed his See also:father in a skirmish, and with the Douglases over the earldom of Morton, which he regarded as his See also:inheritance. After a See also:life of exceptional and continuous lawlessness he escaped from See also:Scotland and in his See also:absence was sentenced to See also:death; having returned to his native See also:country he was seized and was beheaded in See also:Edinburgh. In 1618 John's See also:brother and See also:heir Robert (d. 1646) was restored to the lordship of Maxwell, and in 162o was created earl of Nithsdale, surrendering at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time his claim to the earldom of Morton. He and his son Robert, afterwards the and earl, fought See also:tinder See also:Montrose for See also:Charles I. during the See also:Civil See also:War. Robert died without sons in See also:October 1667, when a See also:cousin John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries (d. 1677), became third earl.
See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, 5th earl of Nithsdale (1676-1744), a grandson of the third earl, was like his ancestor a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and was attached to the cause of the exiled See also:house of See also:Stuart. In 1715 he joined the Jacobite insurgents, being taken prisoner at the See also:battle of See also:Preston and sentenced to death. He escaped, however,
from the See also:Tower of See also:London through the courage and devotion of his wife Winifred (d. 1749), daughter of William Herbert, 1st See also:marquess of See also:Powis. He was attainted in 1716 and his titles became See also:extinct, but his estates passed to his son William (d. 1776), whose descendant, William See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable-Maxwell, regained the title of Lord Herries in 1858. The countess of Nithsdale wrote an See also:account of her See also:husband's See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape, which is published in vol. i. of the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
A few words may be added about other prominent members of the Maxwell family. John Maxwell (c. 1590–1647), See also:archbishop of See also:Tuam, was a Scottish ecclesiastic who took a leading See also:part in helping Archbishop See also:Laud in his futile See also:attempt to restore the See also:liturgy in Scotland. He was See also:bishop of See also:Ross from 1633 until 1638, when he was deposed by the See also:General See also:Assembly; then See also:crossing over to See also:Ireland he was bishop of See also:Killala and Achonry from 164o to 1645, and See also:arch-bishop of Tuam from 1645 until his death. James Maxwell of Kirkconnell (c. 1708–1762), the Jacobite, wrote the Narrative of Charles See also:Prince of See also:Wales's Expedition to Scotland in 1745, which was printed for the See also:Maitland See also:Club in 1841. Robert Maxwell (1695–1765) was the author of Select Transactions of the Society of Improvers and was a great benefactor to Scottish See also:agriculture. Sir See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray Maxwell (1775-1831), a See also:naval officer, gained much fame by his conduct when his See also:ship the " Alceste " was wrecked in Gaspar Strait in 1817. William See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850), the Irish novelist, wrote, in addition to several novels, a Life of the See also:Duke of See also:Wellington (1839–1841 and again 1883), and a See also:History of the Irish See also:Rebellion in 1795 (1845 and 1891). Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th See also:bart. (b. 1845), member of parliament for See also:Wigtownshire from 188o to 1906, and See also:president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, became well known as a writer, his See also:works including Life and Times of the Right Hon. W. H. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (18S3) ; Life of the Duke of Wellington (1899) The House of Douglas (1902); Robert the See also:Bruce (1897) and A Duke of See also:Britain (1895).
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