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Wellwood Herries Maxwell
Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches (15 October 1817 – 13 August 1900) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874. Maxwell was the son of John Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Exeter College, Oxford. In 1839 he was called to the bar in Scotland. He was a director of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. He was a deputy lieutenant and J.P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Convener of the Commissioners of Supply of Kirkcudbright. Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ... for Kirkcudbright Stewartry at a by-election on 30 January 1868. He held the seat until the 1874 general election. Maxwell ...
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Maxwells Of Munches
The Maxwells of Munches (Munchies or Munshes) also/previously known as the Herries Maxwells, Maxwells of Barncleugh, the Maxwells of Breconside & Terraughty, and the Maxwells of Buittle, represent an old aristocratic Scottish family with deep roots in the country's history (named after their estate 'Munches').. Historically, they have held prominent positions within the larger Maxwell Clan, once serving as the head family of the Maxwell clan, with previous heads of the family being chiefs of the Maxwells and the heir males of the Earls of Nithsdale. The current head of the family is Desmond Maxwell. Origins and heritage The current branch of the family descends in the paternal line from the Johnstons (Ironically, a clan famously rivalling the Clan Maxwell). However, James Johnston (brother to Thomas Johnstone of Clachrie) married Barbara Maxwell, and their son Wellwood Johnston took in terms of settlements of his uncle, James Maxwell, the name Maxwell and became Wellwood Maxw ...
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William Herries Maxwell
William Jardine Herries Maxwell (4 March 1852 – 31 July 1933) was a Liberal Unionist politician in Scotland. Maxwell was the son of Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle and his wife Jane Home Jardine. Maxwell was elected at the 1892 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, but lost it very narrowly in 1895, when his Liberal Party opponent had a majority of only 13 votes. He regained his seat in 1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ..., but stood down at the 1906 general election. References External links * 1852 births 1933 deaths Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1900–1906 {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub ...
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Alumni Of The University Of Edinburgh
This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students, academic staff, and university officials of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that later merged with the University of Edinburgh. The university is associated with 19 Nobel Prize laureates, three Turing Award winners, an Abel Prize laureate and Fields Medallist, four Pulitzer Prize winners, three Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and several Olympic gold medallists. Government and politics Heads of state and government United Kingdom Cabinet and Party Leaders Scottish Cabinet and Party Leaders Current Members of the House of Commons * Wendy Chamberlain, MP for North East Fife * Joanna Cherry, MP for Edinburgh South West * Colin Clark, MP for Gordon * Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East * Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston * John Howell, MP for Henley * Neil Hudson, M ...
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People Educated At Edinburgh Academy
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UK MPs 1868–1874
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UK MPs 1865–1868
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 17 ...
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Scottish Liberal Party MPs
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Members Of The Parliament Of The United Kingdom For Scottish Constituencies
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1900 Deaths
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1817 Births
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John Maitland (Kirkcudbright MP)
John Maitland (1841 – February 1922) was a Liberal Party politician. He was elected Liberal MP for Kirkcudbright Stewartry in 1874 but stood down at the next election in 1880. References External links * Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1874–1880 1841 births 1922 deaths {{Liberal-UK-MP-stub ...
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James Mackie (MP)
James (Jem) Mackie (18 May 1821 – 28 December 1867) was a British Liberal Party and Whig politician and rugby footballer, sometimes credited with creating the sport. Rugby football Mackie is sometimes credited as the creator of rugby football when, while he was at Rugby School in 1838–39, he picked up the ball and ran with it, becoming known as "the first great runner-in". This was against convention that, when a ball was caught, the player should retreat and kick towards the goal. However, the sport is most often credited to William Webb Ellis, who was at the school from 1816 to 1825. The credit may have been given to Webb Ellis as Mackie was expelled from the school before the practice was legalised by the school in 1841, before an agreed set of rules was dictated, and his expulsion made him an "undesirable role model". Indeed, in an 1895 inquiry, author Thomas Hughes said Mackie had been the first to play the sport this way. Political career Following in his father, Joh ...
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