John James Maxwell
portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Representative Peer for Ireland
In office
3 March 1816 – 1823
Preceded byBarry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham
2nd Earl of Farnham
In office
17 October 1800 – 1823
Member of the Irish Parliament
for County Cavan
In office
1780–1783
In office
1793–1800
Personal details
Born5 February 1759
Died23 July 1823
SpouseGrace Cuffe

John James Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham (5 February 1759[1][2] – 23 July 1823[3]) was an Irish Representative peer and politician.

He was the son of Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham and Margaret King. He was known as Shane Rua due to his striking head of red hair. In 1784, he married Grace Cuffe, daughter of Thomas Cuffe, however, they had no children. He succeeded as 2nd Earl of Farnham, 2nd Viscount Farnham and 4th Baron Farnham on 17 October 1800,[4][5] also inheriting the Farnham estate in Cavan. He commissioned Francis Johnston, a Dublin-based architect, to design an extension to Farnham House.

Maxwell sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Cavan from 1780 until 1783 and again from 1793 until 1800.[2] He was elected a representative peer on 3 March 1816.[3] On his death in 1823, the Earldom and the Viscountcy became extinct, whilst the Barony and the Farnham estate passed to his cousin John Maxwell-Barry

Notes

  1. ↑ "Maxwell, John James, (1759-1823), 2nd Earl of Farnham". The National Archives. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 E. M. Johnston-Liik (2006). MPs in Dublin. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 106. ISBN 9781903688601.
  3. 1 2 Thom's Directory of Ireland. 1878. p. 762.
  4. ↑ The British Imperial Calendar. 1823. p. 123.
  5. ↑ Edward Walford (1857). Hardwicke's Annual biography. p. 212.

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X),
  • Maxwell family genealogy, part 03. showing the Maxwell of Calderwood, Maxwell of Farnham (co. Cavan), and Maxwell of Finnebrogue families.


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