The Rt Hon. James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham (1813 – 26 October 1896), was an

Irish peer The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

, Nova Scotia baronet and

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. He was known as The Hon. James Pierce Maxwell between September 1838 and June 1884. He was the son of The Rev. The 6th Baron Farnham and Lady Anne Butler. He became a Member of Parliament for County Cavan on 17 February 1843. As a

Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colo ...

in the 97th Foot, he was severely wounded during the

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. On his brother's death, he succeeded on 4 June 1884 as The 9th

Baron Farnham Baron Farnham, of Farnham in the County of Cavan, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for John Maxwell, who had previously represented Cavan Borough in the Irish House of Commons. John Maxwell's son, the second Baron, ...

, and later the next year, on 4 December 1885, he succeeded his distant cousin as 12th Baronet of Calderwood. Lord Farnham died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew,

Somerset Henry Maxwell The Rt Hon. Somerset Henry Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham (7 March 1849 – 22 November 1900), was an Irish Representative peer and a Nova Scotia baronet. Biography He was the son of Richard Thomas Maxwell, and grandson of The 6th Baron Farnham ...

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. () * * *
Peerage.com - Lt.-Col. James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham

External links

Cavan County Museum - The Farnham Gallery

1813 births 1896 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cavan constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Farnham, B9 Politicians from County Cavan 19th-century Irish people 9 {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub