Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham
- Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham
Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham KP (9 August 1799 – 20 August 1868), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament.
Farnham was the son of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham, and Lady Anne Butler. He was elected to the House of Commons for County Cavan in 1824, a seat he continued to represent until 1838. The latter year he succeeded his father as seventh Baron and subsequently served as an Irish Representative Peer from 1839 to 1868.
Lord Farnham married Anna Stapleton, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer, on December 3 1828. The couple had no children. Both Farnham and his wife were killed in the Abergele train disaster of 1868. After his death, a statue in his honour was erected in Cavan by his tenants. The statue now sits in front of the new Johnston Library in the town.
The Farnham family crest reads "Je suis pret" (I am ready).
He was succeeded by his younger brother Somerset Richard Maxwell.
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X)
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