Wellwood Herries Maxwell

Who was Wellwood Herries Maxwell?

Wellwood Herries Maxwell 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 at a by-election on 30 January 1868. He held the seat until 1874.

Maxwell married in 1844 Jane Home Jardine, daughter of Sir William Jardine, Bt. His son William Jardine Herries Maxwell was MP for Dumfrieshire.