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{{short description|Title of nobility in the peerage of Ireland}}
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[[Image:Farnham statue Cavan Ireland.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of [[The Right Honourable|The Rt Hon.]] [[Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham|Henry, 7th Baron Farnham]], [[Order of St Patrick|K.P.]], outside the Johnston Central Library on Farnham Street (also known as [[Roger Casement|Casement]] Street) in [[Cavan Town]]. The statue depicts Lord Farnham wearing the [[Mantle (clothing)|mantle]] and robes of a [[Knight of St. Patrick]]. This statue originally stood in the now long gone Farnham Gardens, a public park which was formerly located further along Farnham Street.]] '''Baron Farnham''', of Farnham in the [[County of Cavan]], is a title in the [[Peerage of Ireland]]. It was created in 1756 for [[John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham|John Maxwell]], who had previously represented [[Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Cavan Borough]] in the [[Irish House of Commons]]. John Maxwell's son, the second Baron, was created '''Viscount Farnham''' in 1760 and '''Earl of Farnham''' in 1763. Both titles were in the Peerage of Ireland but became extinct when he died childless in 1779. His brother and successor, the third Baron, was again created '''Viscount Farnham''' in 1781 and '''Earl of Farnham''' in 1785. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. His son, the second Earl, sat in the [[House of Lords]] as an [[List of Irish representative peers|Irish representative peer]] from 1816 to 1823. However, he had no children and on his death in 1823 the [[viscountcy]] and [[earldom]] became extinct.

He was succeeded in the [[baron]]y by his first cousin, the fifth Baron. He was the eldest son of [[The Right Reverend|The Rt Rev.]] and [[The Honourable|Hon.]] [[Henry Maxwell (bishop)|Henry Maxwell]], [[Bishop of Meath|Lord Bishop of Meath]], third son of the first Baron. Lord Farnham sat as a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[County Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)|County Cavan]] and was an Irish Representative Peer in the [[House of Lords]] from 1825 to 1838. His nephew, the seventh Baron (who succeeded his father in 1838), also represented County Cavan in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] and served as an Irish Representative Peer between 1839 and 1868. Lord Farnham and his wife were killed in the [[Abergele train disaster]] of 1868. The title then passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baron, who had earlier represented County Cavan in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]]. He was succeeded by another brother, the ninth Baron, who also sat as a Member of Parliament for County Cavan. In 1885 he succeeded a distant relative as eleventh Baronet of Calderwood. On his death, the titles passed to his nephew, the tenth Baron. He served as [[Lord Lieutenant of Cavan|Lord Lieutenant of County Cavan]] and was briefly an Irish Representative Peer from 1898 until his early death in 1900. His son, the eleventh Baron, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1908 to 1957. {{As of|2014}} the titles are held by his grandson, the thirteenth Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 2001. Lord Farnham is the son of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. [[Somerset Arthur Maxwell]]. He lives in [[Oxfordshire]] in [[Great Britain]].
[[File:Farnham Estate Hotel, Farnham , County Cavan - geograph.org.uk - 336730.jpg|thumb|right|Farnham House, now a hotel, just outside [[Cavan Town]].]]

[[File:Sir Henry Raeburn - General Sir William Maxwell.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''General Sir William Maxwell'' [7th Baronet?]. Painting by [[Henry Raeburn]], [[São Paulo Museum of Art]] collection.]]
The '''Maxwell baronetcy of Calderwood''' was created in the [[Baronetage of Nova Scotia]] in 1627 for Sir James Maxwell (died {{circa|1670}}). The 2nd baronet died without issue, and was succeeded by a son of Colonel John Maxwell who died in Dunbar in 1650. The 6th baronet also died without issue, and was succeeded by the son of Alexander Maxwell of Leith, third son of 4th baronet. This line too failed, when his grandson, the tenth Baronet died in 1885. The next holder was the aforementioned 9th Baron, who succeeded as eleventh Baronet. The title passed to the 10th Baron and continued to his descendants.

The Farnhams are remembered in the name of one of the main streets in [[Cavan (town)|Cavan town]], ''Farnham Street'', as well as in the name of a hotel, ''The Farnham Arms'', which has the family crest with inscription ''Je suis pret'' (''I am ready'') above the door.

The family seat was [[Farnham House]], near [[Cavan]], [[County Cavan]].

==Barons Farnham (1756)==
*[[John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham]] (died 1759)
*[[Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham|Robert Maxwell, 2nd Baron Farnham]] (died 1779) (created '''Earl of Farnham''' in 1763)

==Earls of Farnham, first creation (1763)==
*[[Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham|Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham, 2nd Baron Farnham]] (died 1779)

==Barons Farnham (1756; reverted)==
*[[Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham|Barry Maxwell, 3rd Baron Farnham]] (died 1800) (created '''Earl of Farnham''' in 1785)

==Earls of Farnham, second creation (1785)==
*[[Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham]] (died 1800)
*[[John Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham|John James Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham]] (1760–1823)

==Barons Farnham (1756; reverted)==
*[[John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham]] (1767–1838)
*[[Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham]] (1774–1838)
*[[Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham]] (1799–1868)
*[[Somerset Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham|Somerset Richard Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham]] (1803–1884)
*[[James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham|James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham]] (1813–1896)
*[[Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham|Somerset Henry Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham]] (1849–1900)
*[[Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham|Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham]] (1879–1957)
*[[Barry Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham|Barry Owen Somerset Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham]] (1931–2001)
*Simon Kenlis Maxwell, 13th Baron Farnham (born 1933)

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son, Hon. Robin Somerset Maxwell (born 1965).<br />
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, James David Somerset Maxwell (born 1996).

==Maxwell baronets, of Calderwood (1627)==
[[File:The grave of Sir Hugh Bates Maxwell, St Johns, Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|The grave of Sir Hugh Bates Maxwell, 9th baronet, St Johns, Edinburgh]]
[[File:The grave of Sir William Maxwell, St Johns, Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|The grave of Sir William Maxwell, 10th baronet, St Johns, Edinburgh]]
*[[Sir James Maxwell, 1st Baronet]] (died {{circa|1670}})
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Baronet]] ({{circa|1640}}–1703)
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet]] (died 1716)
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 4th Baronet]] (died 1750)
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet]] (died 1789)
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 6th Baronet]] (1748–1829)
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 7th Baronet]] (1754–1837)
*[[Sir William Alexander Maxwell, 8th Baronet]] (1793–1865)
*[[Sir Hugh Bates Maxwell, 9th Baronet]] (1797–1870)
*[[Sir William Maxwell, 10th Baronet]] (1828–1885)
*[[James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham|Sir James Pierce Maxwell, 11th Baronet]] (1813–1896) (succeeded as '''Baron Farnham''' in 1884)
''See above for further succession.''

==References==
*{{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921| title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy| url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/364 | location=[[London]] |publisher=[[Dean & Son]]|page=364}}
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.{{page needed|date=November 2021}}
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

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