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    Sir William George Maxwell KBE CMG (9 June 1871 – 22 August 1959) was a British colonial administrator in British Malaya and the Straits Settlements. He...
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  • Maxwell (William Babington Maxwell, 1866–1938), British novelist William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850), Scots-Irish novelist William James Maxwell (1843–1903)...
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    childhood in Bali before moving to the United States, settling in St. George, Utah. Maxwell was homeschooled. She developed an interest in acting through reading...
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    William Dyce Cay (the son of his mother's brother). Cay and Maxwell were close friends and Cay acted as his best man when Maxwell married. Maxwell's parents...
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    William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook ("Max" to his close circle), was...
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    Sir William Edward Maxwell, KCMG (5 August 1846 – 14 December 1897) was a British colonial official who served as colonial secretary of the Straits Settlements...
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  • George Maxwell (1804–1880) was a professional collector of plants and insects in Southwest Australia. The botanical specimens he obtained were used to...
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  • Sir George Clerk Maxwell, 4th Baronet FRSE (1715–1784), of Penicuik (simply Clerk prior to his marriage), was a Scottish landowner who served as the Lord...
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    William Hamilton Maxwell (30 June 1792 in Newry, County Down, Ireland – 29 December 1850 in Musselburgh, Scotland) was an Irish novelist. He was educated...
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    Ian Robert Maxwell MC (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, politician...
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    Clan Maxwell is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, as the clan does not currently...
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  • William Sutherland Maxwell RCA (November 14, 1874 – March 25, 1952) was a well-known Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Baháʼí Faith. He...
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    William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist and playwright. Born on 4 June 1866, William Babington Maxwell was the son of novelist Mary...
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    interpretation of historian Najeeb Mitry Saleeby in 1908 and William George Maxwell and William Summer Gibson in 1924, which translated pajakkan as "to grant...
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  • The Maxwell baronetcy of Monreith was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 January 1681 for William Maxwell of Monreith House in Mochrum, Wigtownshire...
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    Institution.: 23  In 1918, Sir William George Maxwell, the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements chaired the Maxwell Committee to review the scheme...
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  • J. Saunders 1919: Hon. William George Maxwell 1920–1921: Hon. Sir James William Murison 1922–1923: Hon. William George Maxwell 1924: Hon. Ernest Shaw...
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    David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, GCVO, PC (29 May 1900 – 27 January 1967), known as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe from 1942 to 1954 and as Viscount...
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  • Baronet (died c.1670) Sir Robert Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (died 1693) Sir George Maxwell, 3rd Baronet is mentioned by William Fraser, as the third husband of...
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  • Sir Reginald George Watson CMG was born in June 1862, in Portland Place, Bath. He was the son of General E.D. Watson of Bengal Army. Watson married Sydney...
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  • William Maxwell (c. 1733 – November 4, 1796) was an Irish-born brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. William...
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    Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century. He served with...
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  • drink, by George, when I hunt bears." The Maxwell House Company claimed in its advertising that the Roosevelt story was true. In 2009, Maxwell House ran...
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    William Maxwell Hetherington (4 June 1803 – 23 May 1865) was a Scottish minister, poet and church historian. He entered the university of Edinburgh but...
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    William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State...
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    Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell P.J. Newby; 23 November 1959) is a British actor. He has appeared in Grease 2 (1982), Electric Dreams (1984), The Boys...
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    Wright Flying School, it was named in honor of Second Lieutenant William C. Maxwell, a native of Atmore, Alabama. The base is the headquarters of Air...
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  • William James Maxwell (ca.1843 – 20 July 1903) was a sculptor born in Scotland who produced several important works in Australia. Maxwell was the son...
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    George Maxwell Randall (November 23, 1810 – September 28, 1873) was the Episcopal bishop of Missionary District of Colorado and Parts Adjacent. George...
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    and the school library. Maxwell School was established in 1916, and named after a road in honour of Sir William George Maxwell. It opened its doors to...
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