James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham

{{Short description|Irish peer, Nova Scotia baronet and Member of Parliament}}

The Rt Hon. James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham (1813 – 26 October 1896), was an Irish peer, Nova Scotia baronet and Member of Parliament. 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 in the 97th Foot, he was severely wounded during the Crimean War.{{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}}

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

References

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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[http://www.thepeerage.com/p4882.htm#i48818 Peerage.com - Lt.-Col. James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham]

External links

[http://www.cavanmuseum.ie/Default.aspx?StructureID_str=12 Cavan County Museum - The Farnham Gallery]
[http://homepage.eircom.net/~cavanno1/FarnhamEstate.htm Farnham Estate]

{{Succession box

| title = Member of Parliament for County Cavan

| with = Sir John Young 1831–1855

| with2 = Robert Burrowes 1855–1857

| with3 = Hugh Annesley 1857–1874

| years = 1843–1865

| before = Sir John Young
Henry John Clements

| after = Hugh Annesley
Edward James Saunderson

}}

{{Succession box

| title = Baron Farnham

| years = 1884–1896