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Peter Maxwell (dancer)
Peter Maxwell may refer to: * Peter Maxwell (director) (1921–2013), British, later Australian, director and screenwriter of television and film * Peter Maxwell, 27th Baron de Ros (born 1958) * Peter Maxwell, Lord Maxwell (1919–1994), Scottish lawyer and judge * Peter Benson Maxwell Peter Benson Maxwell (31 January 181714 January 1893) was a colonial judge and legal writer. Peter Benson Maxwell was born on 31 January 1817, the fourth son of Reverend Peter Benson Maxwell of Birdstown, County Donegal, Ireland. He attended Tr ... (1817–1893), British colonial judge and legal writer See also * {{hndis, Maxwell, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Maxwell (director)
Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) born as Peter Magitai, was a British, and later Australian film director, director and screenwriter of television and film. Biography He was born in Vienna, Austria, to newspaper journalist Leo Magatai and wife Johanna. His family fled Vienna in the 1930s, and he changed his surname to enter the British Army. After having been posted to India, he returned to Britain to work as an assistant director to Alexander Korda in 1949. He worked briefly in Australia in the early 1960s before returning to England. In 1967 he emigrated to Australia permanently, where he directed such films as ''Country Town'' and television series including ''Bellbird (TV series), Bellbird'', ''Riptide (Australian TV series), Rip Tide'' and ''A Country Practice''. Selected filmography * ''Blind Spot (1958 film), Blind Spot'' (1958) * ''The Desperate Man (film), The Desperate Man'' (1959) * ''The Ghost Train Murder'' (1959) * ''The Long Shadow (1961 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Maxwell, 27th Baron De Ros
Peter Trevor Maxwell, 27th Baron de Ros (born 23 December 1958), is the premier baron of England, by virtue of Baron de Ros being the oldest extant barony in the Peerage of England. Early life Lord de Ros is the only son of Lieutenant-Commander John David Maxwell RN and of Georgiana Maxwell, 26th Baroness de Ros, a ''suo jure'' peeress. He inherited the barony on the death of his mother in 1983. He was educated at Headfort School, in Kells, Ireland, as well as Down High School, in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, before going to a boarding school in the Republic of Ireland. Marriage and children On 5 September 1987, Lord de Ros married Angela Sián Ross. They have three children: * Hon. Finbar James Maxwell (born 14 November 1988), heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Maxwell, Lord Maxwell
Peter Maxwell, Lord Maxwell (1919–1994) was a 20th-century Scottish lawyer who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born on 21 May 1919 to the old, established landowning family of the Maxwells of Munches, near Dalbeattie in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. In the Second World War, he served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and afterwards studied law at Balliol College, Oxford, later was called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1951. He served as Sheriff Principal for Dumfries and Galloway from 1970 to 1973, succeeding David Brand. In 1973 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice. He served as chairman of the Scottish Law Commission The Scottish Law Commission () is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |