IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 E/MXS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MAXSE, Major John
Date(s): 1772-1882
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.3 linear metres (51 files).
Name of creator(s): Maxse | James | 1792-1864 | landowner
Maxse | Frederick Augustus | 1833-1900 | admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Two members of the Maxse family are mentioned in these papers. James Maxse (1792-1864) was a wealthy landowner and keen huntsman. His second son Frederick Augustus Maxse (1833-1900) entered the Navy and became a lieutenant in 1852. He served in the Crimean war and was promoted to Rear-Admiral by 1875. He was known as a radical and free-thinker, a vegetarian and tee-totaller, who advocated free secular education and electoral reform. He travelled frequently and was restless, buying and building several houses. His elder son Sir Frederick Ivor Maxse (1862-1958) had a distinguished career in the military, while his younger son Leopold James Maxse (1864-1932) was editor of the National Review.
Source of information: Roger T. Stearn, 'Maxse, Frederick Augustus (1833-1900)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Maxse family relating to property in Marylebone, Hanover Square, Westminster and Kensington.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
E/MXS/001 to E/MXS/051.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in January 1963.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.