Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
October 15, 1817
Died
August 13, 1900
Overview
Wellwood Herries Maxwell (15 October 1817 – 13 August 1900) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.
Maxwell was the son of John Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Exeter College, Oxford. In 1839 he was called to the bar in Scotland. He was a director of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. He was a deputy lieutenant and J.P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Convener of the Commissioners of Supply of Kirkcudbright.
Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry at a by-election on 30 January 1868. He held the seat until the 1874 general election.
Maxwell married in 1844 Jane Home Jardine, daughter of Sir William Jardine, Bt. His son William Herries Maxwell was MP for Dumfrieshire.
