Maxwell Charles Close (25 June 1827 - 25 January 1903) was an Irish Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1857 and 1885. Close was the eldest son of Colonel Maxwell Close of Drumbanagher and his wife Anna Elizabeth Brownlow, sister of Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan. He was educated at Eton College and

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. He was a J. P. and a Deputy Lieutenant for County Armagh and was High Sheriff of Armagh in 1854.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> At the 1857 general election Close was elected Member of Parliament for

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and held the seat until 1864. He was re-elected in 1874 and held the seat until 1885. Close died at the age of 75. Close married Catherine Deborah Agnes Close, daughter of Henry S. Close of Newtown Park, Dublin in 1852.

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* 1827 births 1903 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1874–1880 High sheriffs of Armagh People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Deputy lieutenants of Armagh {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub