Sir Thos. Byam Martin, and Sir John Thos. Duckworth. Besides participating in much arduous blockade-servioe, Mr. Mawbey, when in the Spartiate, went to the West Indies in pursuit of the celebrated Rochefort squadron, and on his return thence with Lord Nelson was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the action off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. He was in the same ship at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida in 1809; and, during the term of his attachment to the Leyden and Barfleur, was employed (part of the time as commanding officer) in a flat boat in co-operation with the British army in the Tagus, where the excessive fatigue he underwent produced an attack of fever, which rendered necessary his return for four months to England. In the Caledonia he beheld the fall of Genoa. Since his promotion, which did not take place until more than six years after he had passed his examination, he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Mawbey married, 20 Feb. 1819, Miss Mary Ann Lancaster, and by that lady has issue two sons and two daughters. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
MAX. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 13; h-p., 36.)
John George Max entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1798, as Midshipman, on board the El Corso, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Mediterranean station, where he continued, until Sept. 1802, to serve in the Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley, and in the Lion and Champion, both commanded by the above-named nobleman. After a further employment, on Home service (particularly off Boulogne), in the Harpy sloop, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Chas. Pelly, and with Lord Wm. Stuart and Capt. Jas. Carthew in the Crescent frigate, he was promoted, 6 Feb. 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Albacore sloop, on the Guernsey station. He remained in that vessel a period of two years and a half; and was next, between Feb. 1811 and April, 1814, employed, at Home and in the Baltic, on board the Briseis 10, Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and John Halsted, Bellerophon 74, Capt. Augustus Brine, Antelope 50, Capt. Sam. Butcher, and Reynard sloop, Capt. David Latimer St. Clair. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
MAXEY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Edward Maxey, born 5 Feb. 1790, is second son of the Rev. Lewis Maxey, of Byford Rectory, co. Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John Holloway, lying in the Downs; and in the following year joined the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station; where, on removing, after the capture of Capri and the siege of Gaeta, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he came into daily collision, either in that ship or her boats, with the enemy on the coast of Calabria. After serving for short periods in the Bergère sloop, Capt. Thos. Whinyates, Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym, and Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, he was received, about 1808, on board the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier. Continuing in that ship until 1 May, 1814, he assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna, co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, aided in fitting out a Spanish fleet at Friedland and in escorting it to Minorca, and visited the latitude of Greenland in pursuit of the American frigate President, Commodore Rodgers. He was promoted (having passed his examination in 1809) to the rank of Lieutenant while serving with the Duke of Clarence in the Royal Charlotte yacht, 27 May, 1814; and was next appointed, on the American, Home, and West India stations, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Nicholas Pateshall, Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, Désirée 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Active 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, and Royalist 18, Capt. Geo. Bennett Allen. He has been on half-pay since Oct. 1816.
Lieut. Maxey married, 2 Oct. 1829, Eliza, daughter of Joseph Edye, Esq., Alderman of the city of Bristol.
MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 1 5; h-p., 33.)
Francis Maxwell was born in Feb. 1789, at Bromyard, in Herefordshire.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as Clerk, on board the Redbridge schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Lempriere, in which vessel, stationed off Jersey, he continued employed until taken off Toulon by four French frigates, 4 Aug. 1803. In Sept. 1807, having succeeded after many hardships in effecting his escape from France, he was received as Midshipman on board the Escort gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Smith (2), on the Mediterranean station; where he was subsequently, for nearly three years, employed in the Ocean 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships of Admirals Lord Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle. Being nominated, 12 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Tuscan sloop, Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones, Mr. Maxwell, whose promotion was confirmed 26 Sept. following, served for some time in that vessel at the defence of Cadiz. In the following Dec. he removed to the Bustard 16, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong; and in the course of the next few months, while in command of the boats in shore, he had the good fortune to capture several of the enemy’s vessels. On one occasion he landed and intercepted a quantity of flour intended for the fortress of Barcelona. He remained in the Bustard, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until compelled by ill health to invalid, in Aug. 1812; and he was lastly, from 6 Aug. 1813 until June, 1814, employed on the Cork station in the Avon 18, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius. Sickness then again reduced him to the necessity of seeking half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
MAXWELL. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
George Berkeley Maxwell entered the Navy, 2 July, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, successive flagship of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark Milbanke at Portsmouth, where he remained until Oct. 1801. In Dec. 1804 he joined the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, on the Mediterranean station; and on 22 Sept. 1807 he was made Lieutenant into the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, lying at Spithead. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Oct. 1807, to the Astraea 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, in the West Indies; where, while under the temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he was wrecked on a coral reef off the island of Anagada 24 May, 1808 – 13 Feb. 1809, to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in the Baltic – and 4 May, 1810, and 11 Jan. 1813, to the San Josef 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, in the Mediterranean and Channel. He acquired the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814, but did not again go afloat until April, 1829; on 7 of which month we find him receiving an appointment to the Herald yacht. In that vessel, it appears, he conveyed Lady Heytesbury to St. Petersburg; Wm. Turner, Esq. (Envoy Extraordinary), to Carthagena; Lord Aylmer to Quebec; and Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt thence to England. Since his promotion to Post-rank 20 Nov. 1830, Capt. Maxwell has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 May, 1821, Laetitia, daughter of John Clerk, Esq., of Downham House, co. Gloucester, and by that lady has issue.
MAXWELL. (Capt., 1837. f-p., 18; h-p., 17.)
John Balfour Maxwell, born in 1799, is only son of the late Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell,[1] R.N., Kt., C.B., F.E.S.; nephew of the late Capts. Keith
- ↑ Sir Murray Maxwell attained the rank of Lieutenant, in 1796; was promoted, in Dec. 1802, to the command of the
