Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse (1 January 1832 – 10 September 1883) was a

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officer of the

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and colonial official who was Governor of

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Biography

Maxse was the son of James Maxse and Lady Caroline Fitzhardinge, daughter of the 5th Earl of Berkeley (pronounced Barkley). Maxse was commissioned

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in the

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in 1849 and transferred to the 13th Light Dragoons and then the 21st Foot in 1852. He was promoted captain in 1854 and transferred to the Coldstream Guards in 1855. He was promoted

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in 1855 and lieutenant-colonel in 1863. He was wounded at the Battle of Balaclava and received medals of honour for his service. He was lieutenant-governor of Heligoland in 1863 and appointed as governor the following year. Maxse became governor of

in 1881. Maxse was instrumental in the construction of the Newfoundland Railway. Most of his term as governor was spent in

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with his wife, Auguste von Rudloff (d.1915). A noted German-language scholar, he published an English translation of ''Bismarck's Letters to his Wife and Sisters''. Maxse died as a result of the injuries he suffered at the Battle of Balaclava. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in

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Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador''IMDb movie ''The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)''
1832 births 1883 deaths Governors of Newfoundland Colony Lieutenant governors of Heligoland Grenadier Guards officers Coldstream Guards officers 13th Hussars officers Royal Scots Fusiliers officers British Army personnel of the Crimean War Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Henry Berkekey Burials at Brookwood Cemetery {{canada-viceroy-stub

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