Clan Maxwell
Armigerous clan, without a chief
Tartans
3 setts are recorded under this name. Pick one to weave it.
From the Scottish Register of TartansR6 G2 R56 K12 R8 G32 R6
Kin and feuds
Listed as a branch or sept of
Other branches
- Maxwell of Cardoness
- Maxwell of Monreith
- Maxwells of Munches
- Maxwell of Sprinkel
- Maxwell of Pollock
Allies
- Clan Pollock
- Clan Heron
- Clan Grierson
- Clan Dinwoodie
Rivals
Associated names
These surnames are listed as septs of the clan. Sept lists are disputed and overlap between clans, so a name here does not prove descent.
- Adair
- Blackstock
- Edgar
- Egarr
- Halldykes
- Herries
- Kirk
- Kirkdale
- Kirkhaugh
- Kirkland
- Kirko
- Latimer
- Latimore
- Macetterick
- Macettrick
- Macgetrick
- Macgettrich
- Macgettrick
- Macghittich
- Machethrick
- Macittrick
- Mackethrick
- Macketterick
- Mackitterick
- Mackittrick
- Macsata
- Macsetree
- Maxey
- Maxon
- Maxton
- Monreith
- Moss
- Nithdale
- Paulk
- Peacock
- Poak
- Pogue
- Poke
- Polk
- Pollock
- Sturgeon
- Wardlaw
People of the clan
- Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell (1493–1546)
- John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (1553–1593)
- John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (1586–1613)
- Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale (1586–1646)
- William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676–1744)
- Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (1748–1812)
Sources
- Clan Maxwell on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Q683680 on Wikidata
- Threadcounts via tartan-database, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0