John Waring Maxwell (1788 – 22 December 1869) was an Irish politician. Maxwell was born at Finnebrogue, in

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the ...

. He married Madeleine Ker, and became a magistrate and a deputy lieutenant for the county. He stood as a

Tory A Tory () is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain. The To ...

in the 1820 UK general election in

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Down Cathedral, Its cathedral is sai ...

, winning the seat. He held it at the 1826 UK general election, but was defeated in

1830 It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Events January–March * January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) ...

. He stood again in

1832 Events January–March * January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society. * January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white pla ...

, regaining Downpatrick, but stood down in

1835 Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. ...

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1788 births 1869 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922) Tory members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1832–1835 {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub