John Maxwell
Military Person
1859 – 1929
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Who was John Maxwell?
General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell GCB, KCMG, CVO, DSO, PC was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He served in the Mahdist War in the Sudan, the Boer War, and in the First World War, but he is best known for his role in the suppression of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland and subsequent execution of rebellion leaders. He retired in 1922.
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- Born
- Aug 13, 1859
Liverpool - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Feb 20, 1929
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on July 23, 2013
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