The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Monreith, KT, PC, FRS[1], FRGS (8 January 1845 – 30 October 1937) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906.
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Maxwell was eldest surviving son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Maxwell, 6th Baronet and his wife Helenora Shaw-Stewart, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 5th Baronet. He was educated at Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He was a captain in the 4th batn. Royal Scots Fusiliers and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Wigtownshire.[2]
Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire in the 1880 general election and held the seat until 1906.[3] He served in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1886 to 1892 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1897. He was Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown from 1903 to 1935.
Maxwell married Mary Fletcher-Campbell, daughter of Henry Fletcher Campbell, of Boquhan, Stirling, on 20 January 1869. She predeceased him on the 3 September 1910. By her, he had two children who also both predeceased him
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Vans-Agnew |
Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire 1880 - 1906 |
Succeeded by Lord Elcho |
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| Preceded by The 10th Earl of Stair |
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown 1903–1935 |
Succeeded by The 12th Earl of Stair |
| Baronetage of Nova Scotia | ||
| Preceded by William Maxwell |
Baronet (of Monreith) 1877–1937 |
Succeeded by Aymer Maxwell |