MAXSE, Major John
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 E/MXS |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full 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 & 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.
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
Related material:
Publication note:
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.
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