Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham KP

Order of St. Patrick

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 (9 August 1799 – 20 August 1868) was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament

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Farnham was the son of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham

Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham

The Reverend Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham was an Irish peer and Church of Ireland clergyman.He was the son of Henry Maxwell, Bishop of Meath, and grandson of John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham...

, and Lady Anne Butler. He was elected to the House of Commons

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 for County Cavan

Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-Members of Parliament:...

 in 1824, a seat he continued to represent until 1838. The latter year he succeeded his father as seventh Baron and subsequently served as an Irish Representative Peer

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 from 1839 to 1868.

Lord Farnham married Anna Stapleton, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer

Baron le Despencer

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, on 3 December 1828. The couple had no children. Both Farnham and his wife were killed in the Abergele train disaster

Abergele train disaster

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 of 1868. After his death, a statue in his honour was erected in Cavan

Cavan

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 by his tenants. The statue now sits in front of the new Johnston Library in the town.

The Farnham family crest reads "Je suis pret" (I am ready).

He was succeeded by his younger brother Somerset Richard Maxwell.