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'''Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham''' (2 October 1879 – 5 February 1957) was an [[Representative peer|Irish Representative peer]] and a [[List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia baronet]]. |
'''Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham''' (2 October 1879 – 5 February 1957) was an [[Representative peer|Irish Representative peer]] and a [[List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia baronet]]. |
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He was the son of [[Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham]] and Lady Florence Jane Taylour. On his father's death, he succeeded as 11th [[Baron Farnham]] and 14th [[Maxwell Baronets#Maxwell of Calderwood|Baronet of Calderwood]] on the 22 November 1900. He |
He was the son of [[Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham]] and Lady Florence Jane Taylour. On his father's death, he succeeded as 11th [[Baron Farnham]] and 14th [[Maxwell Baronets#Maxwell of Calderwood|Baronet of Calderwood]] on the 22 November 1900 and inherited the Farnham estate. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and received his first commission during the Boer War as Lieutenant of the 10th Hussars. On the 18 December 1908, he was elected an Irish Representative peer. During World War I, he was Lieutenant Colonel of the North Irish Horse. <ref> {{cite web |url = http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/farnham2.pdf| title = National Library of Ireland - Collection List No. 95 - FARNHAM PAPERS|publisher= National Library of Ireland|accessdate = 2012-08-18}} </ref> |
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He had married Aileen Selina Coote, daughter of Charles Purdon Coote and Lydia Lucy Wingfield-Digby, on 8 October 1903. His son, [[Somerset Arthur Maxwell|Somerset]], had died of wounds in 1942 at El Alamein, and so on his own death in 1957, his titles and estate passed to his grandson, [[Barry Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham|Barry]]. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X) |
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X) |
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Revision as of 20:34, 18 August 2012
Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham (2 October 1879 – 5 February 1957) was an Irish Representative peer and a Nova Scotia baronet.
He was the son of Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham and Lady Florence Jane Taylour. On his father's death, he succeeded as 11th Baron Farnham and 14th Baronet of Calderwood on the 22 November 1900 and inherited the Farnham estate. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and received his first commission during the Boer War as Lieutenant of the 10th Hussars. On the 18 December 1908, he was elected an Irish Representative peer. During World War I, he was Lieutenant Colonel of the North Irish Horse. [1]
He had married Aileen Selina Coote, daughter of Charles Purdon Coote and Lydia Lucy Wingfield-Digby, on 8 October 1903. His son, Somerset, had died of wounds in 1942 at El Alamein, and so on his own death in 1957, his titles and estate passed to his grandson, Barry.
References
- ^ "National Library of Ireland - Collection List No. 95 - FARNHAM PAPERS" (PDF). National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Peerage.com - Sir Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farmham
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