William Maxwell, 1st Baronet
Sir William Maxwell, 1st Baronet (* around 1635 - † April 1709 ), was a Scottish nobleman and large landowner.
He was the second son of William Maxwell, from his marriage to Margaret McCulloch of Myretown. He belonged to the Maxwell clan and was a great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of a younger son of 1st Lord Maxwell .
After his father in 1670, his older brother John in 1668 and his only son William in 1671, he inherited his parents' lands in and around Monreith in Wigtownshire , including the Myrton Castle family estate from his mother's estate .
On January 8, 1681 he was awarded the hereditary title of Baronet , of Monreith in the County of Wigtown, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia .
He was married twice, first to Joanna McDouall, daughter of Patrick McDouall of Logan, and after her death in second marriage to Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Thomas Hay of Park (1616-1683). From his second marriage he had eight children:
- Isabel Maxwell, ⚭ William Stewart, of Castle Stewart († after 1713)
- Mary Maxwell († 1767), ⚭ Thomas Hay, of Park († 1733)
- two more daughters who died young
- William Maxwell († 1707)
- Sir Alexander Maxwell, 2nd Baronet († 1730), ⚭ Lady Jean Montgomerie
- John Maxwell, ⚭ Mary McGhie
- Elizabeth Maxwell, ⚭ Andrew Heron, of Bargaly († 1730)
When he died in April 1709, his eldest son William had drowned in the River Nith in 1707 , so his son Alexander inherited him as 2nd baronet.
Literature and web links
- George Edward Cokayne : The Complete Baronetage . Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 1983, Vol. 4, p. 311.
- Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com
- Entry MAXWELL of Monreith, Wigtown at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maxwell, William, 1st Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman and landowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1635 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1709 |