Maxwell Close

{{for|the Irish Church of Ireland clergyman and geologist|Maxwell Henry Close}}

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| constituency_MP = County Armagh

| parliament = United Kingdom

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| alongside = Sir William Verner, Bt

| term_start = 1857

| term_end = 1864

| predecessor = James Caulfeild

Sir William Verner, Bt

| successor = Sir James Stronge, Bt

Sir William Verner, Bt

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| parliament2 = United Kingdom

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| alongside2 = Edward Wingfield Verner to 1880

James Nicholson Richardson from 1880

| term_start2 = 1874

| term_end2 = 1885

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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. His father built Drumbanagher House, which he inherited, along with a large estate in County Armagh.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary|date=27 January 1903 |page=7 |issue=36988}} He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a J. P. and a Deputy Lieutenant for County Armagh and was High Sheriff of Armagh in 1854.[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/n109/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]

At the 1857 general election Close was elected Member of Parliament for Armagh and held the seat until 1864. He was re-elected in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.{{Rayment-hc|a|2|date=March 2012}}

Close died of pneumonia at Drumbanagher House on 25 January 1903, at the age of 75.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Deaths|date=29 January 1903 |page=1 |issue=36990}}

Close married in 1852 Catherine Deborah Agnes Close, daughter of Henry S. Close of Newtown Park, Dublin. There were five children. His estate was inherited by their son Major Maxwell Archibald Close (1853–1935), an officer in the 13th Hussars, who married Lady Muriel Albany Stuart-Richardson (1869–1928), daughter of the 5th Earl Castle Stewart.