The Maxwell, later Heron-Maxwell Baronetcy, of Springkell in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 7 February 1683 for Patrick Maxwell. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Dumfries Burghs

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. He married Mary, daughter and heiress of Patrick Heron, and assumed the additional surname of Heron. The sixth Baronet was a Captain

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 in the Royal Navy

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Maxwell, later Heron-Maxwell Baronets, of Springkell (1683)

• Sir Patrick Maxwell, 1st Baronet (c. 1640-1723)
• Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (1703-1760)
• Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (c. 1740-1804)
• Sir John Shaw Stewart Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet (1772-1830)
• Sir Patrick Heron-Maxwell, 5th Baronet (1805-1844)
• Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 6th Baronet (1808-1885)
• Sir John Robert Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet (1836-1910)
• Sir Ivor Walter Heron-Maxwell, 8th Baronet (1871-1928)
• Sir Patrick Ivor Heron-Maxwell, 9th Baronet (1916-1982)
• Sir Nigel Mellor Heron-Maxwell, 10th Baronet (b. 1944)