7th Lord Maxwell John Maxwell

1553 - 1593  (40 years)

• Name	John Maxwell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Title	7th Lord Maxwell
  Birth	24 Apr 1553	Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	13-00499-01
  Title	Earl of Morton
  Death	7 Dec 1593	Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [4]
  	Dryffe Sands, killed fighting Johnstones
  Person ID	I2240	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	5th Lord Maxwell Robert Maxwell,   b. 1533, Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. 13 Sep 1553, Scotland (Age 20 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Beatrix Douglas,   b. 1535, Scotland d. 31 Oct 1583, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1549	Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Family ID	F949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Douglas,   b. 1555, Glammis, Angus, Scotland d. Feb 1637, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1571	Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Maxwell,   b. Bef 1579   d. Aft Dec 1639 (Age > 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Margaret Maxwell,   b. 1579, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. 1597 (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. 8th Lord Maxwell John Maxwell,   b. Bef May 1583, Scotland d. 21 May 1631, Scotland (Age > 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. 1st Earl of Nithsdale Robert Maxwell,   b. Abt 1590   d. May 1646, Scotland (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Maxwell Robert #025946 http://thepeerage.com/p2595.htm#i25946. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Maxwell John #005304 http://thepeerage.com/p531.htm#i5304. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Maxwell Robert #030084 http://thepeerage.com/p3009.htm#i30084. [S516] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf;), Database online. Record for John Maxwell Baron Maxwell, Earl of Morton [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Maxwell Elizabeth #030083 http://thepeerage.com/p3009.htm#i30083. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Maxwell John #021472 http://thepeerage.com/p2148.htm#i21472.