Lt Gen Sir Charles William Maxwell

1775 - 1848  (73 years)

• Name	Charles William Maxwell
  Prefix	Lt Gen Sir
  Birth	1775
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Sep 1848
  Person ID	I7556	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Maxwell   d. Jan 1786
  Mother	Helen Douglas   d. Abt 1786
  Family ID	F2854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Douglas,   b. 1796   d. 9 Jan 1823 (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	5th April 1821	Locksley House, Dumfries
  Family ID	F2859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Charles William, the eldest son of Charles Maxwell was born about 1775, and entered St. Paul's School on 10th January 1785 aged nine years. He entered the army in 1796, and attained the rank of Lieutenant General in 1841, was Governor of several of the West Indian Islands, and was knighted in 1836. He died at Broadstairs, 23rd September 1848, and is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. According to the Gentleman's Magazine, Sir Charles was twice married, on 5th April 1821 at Locksley House, Dumfries, to his second cousin Mary, daughter of Colonel William Douglas of Greencroft; and, secondly to a daughter of Charles Bird. In the Annual Register the death is mentioned, on 17th November 1860 at George Street, Bathwick Hill, Bath, of Catherine Wade, widow of Lieutenant General Sir Charles William Maxwell. She was, we suppose, the daughter of Charles Bird; or does this indicate that he married a third wife? In his will two natural sons only are mentioned. It is to be presumed, therefore, that he left no legitimate issue.