Peter Benson Maxwell

MAXWELL, Sir Peter Benson. Knt. Bach. (Creat. 1856). Son of the Rev. Peter Benson Maxwell of Birdstorn, Donegal; born 1815; married 1842 daughter of Francis Synge Esq., of Glanmore Castle, Wicklow; educated in Paris, and at Trinity College, Dublin; was called to the bar (Middle Temple) 1841 and went the home circuit; appointed Recorder of Penang, Straits Settlements, February 1856; appointed Recorder of Singapore June 1866. Retired 1871.


References


Fairfield, Edward. 1879. The Colonial Office List for 1879. London: Harrison. p. 387.

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