Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches (15 October 1817 – 13 August 1900) was a Scottish

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politician who sat in the

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from 1868 to 1874. Maxwell was the son of John Herries Maxwell of Munches in

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. He was educated at the

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, at the

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, and at

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. In 1839 he was called to the bar in Scotland. He was a director of the

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. He was a deputy lieutenant and J.P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Convener of the Commissioners of Supply of Kirkcudbright.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry at a by-election on 30 January 1868. He held the seat until the 1874 general election. Maxwell married in 1844 Jane Home Jardine, daughter of Sir William Jardine, Bt. His son

William Herries Maxwell William Jardine Herries Maxwell of Munches (4 March 1852 – 31 July 1933) was a Liberal Unionist politician in Scotland. Maxwell was the son of Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle and his wife Jane Home Jardine. Maxwell was elected ...

was MP for Dumfrieshire.

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* 1817 births 1900 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Deputy lieutenants of Kirkcudbright {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub