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{{Short description|British naval officer and radical (1833–1900)}}
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'''Frederick Augustus Maxse''' (1833–1900) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer, and radical liberal campaigner.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=18398|first=Roger T.|last=Stearn|title=Maxse, Frederick Augustus}}</ref>
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Admiral '''Frederick Augustus Maxse''' (13 April 1833 – 25 June 1900) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer and radical liberal campaigner.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=18398|first=Roger T.|last=Stearn|title=Maxse, Frederick Augustus}}</ref><ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Admiral Maxse |work=[[The Times]] |date=27 June 1900 |page= 7}}</ref>

==Early life==

Maxse was born in London, the son of James Maxse and Lady Caroline FitzHardinge, daughter of [[Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley|Frederick Augustus, 5th Earl of Berkeley]]. His elder brother was Sir [[Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse]].<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=351–352 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>

== Career ==
Maxse was naval [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Lord Raglan]] after the [[Battle of the Alma]] on 20 September 1854 in the [[Crimean War]]. He was an atheist and [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]].<ref>Sencourt, Robert. (2012). ''The Life of George Meredith: Biography of a Poet''. Severus Verlag. p. 94. {{ISBN|9783863472443}}</ref>


==Life==
Maxse retired from the [[Royal Navy]] in 1867, but failed in his attempts to get elected to Parliament in 1868 and 1874. Maxse was active in various causes including the [[Charity Organisation Society]], [[John Stuart Mill]]'s [[Land Tenure Reform Association]], the [[National Education League]] and the [[Eastern Question Association]], founded to campaign against the atrocities of the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the Bulgarian [[April Uprising]] of 1876. He also founded the [[Electoral Reform Association]] which campaigned for the equalisation of parliamentary constituencies.
Maxse retired from the [[Royal Navy]] in 1867, but failed in his attempts to get elected to Parliament in 1868 and 1874. Maxse was active in various causes including the [[Charity Organisation Society]], [[John Stuart Mill]]'s [[Land Tenure Reform Association]], the [[National Education League]] and the [[Eastern Question Association]], founded to campaign against the atrocities of the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the Bulgarian [[April Uprising]] of 1876. He also founded the [[Electoral Reform Association]] which campaigned for the equalisation of parliamentary constituencies.

He died in London.<ref name="times"/>


==Works==
==Works==
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==Family==
==Family==
Maxse married Cecilia Steel, a society beauty, and daughter of Colonel James Steel. They had two sons and two daughters before separating around 1877:<ref name="burke"/><ref>{{cite ODNB|id=35039|first=Hugh|last=Cecil|title=Milner, Violet Georgina}}</ref>
Maxse's daughter became [[Violet Milner, Viscountess Milner|Viscountess Milner]].

*Gen. Sir [[Ivor Maxse]] (1862–1958), British Army officer of the First World War
*[[Leopold Maxse]] (1864–1932), editor
*Olive Hermione Maxse (1867–1955), died unmarried; was a model for [[Edward Burne-Jones]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898), Portrait study of Olive Maxse, probably for 'The Sirens' |url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/sir-edward-coley-burne-jones-bt-ara-rws-5210399-details.aspx |publisher=[[Christie's]] |access-date=18 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Violet Milner, Viscountess Milner|Violet Georgina]] (1872–1958), editor; married, firstly, [[Lord Edward Cecil]] and secondly, [[Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:00, 23 September 2024

Frederick Augustus Maxse
Born(1833-04-13)13 April 1833
London, England
Died25 June 1900(1900-06-25) (aged 67)
London, England
OccupationRoyal Navy officer & campaigner
SpouseCecilia Steel
Children4
Parents
  • James Maxse (father)
  • Lady Caroline FitzHardinge (mother)
RelativesHenry Maxse (brother)
Frederick Berkeley (father-in-law)
General Ivor Maxse (son)
Leopold Maxse (son)
Violet Maxse (daughter)
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service18??-1867
RankAdmiral
Battles / wars

Admiral Frederick Augustus Maxse (13 April 1833 – 25 June 1900) was a British Royal Navy officer and radical liberal campaigner.[1][2]

Early life

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Maxse was born in London, the son of James Maxse and Lady Caroline FitzHardinge, daughter of Frederick Augustus, 5th Earl of Berkeley. His elder brother was Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse.[3]

Career

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Maxse was naval aide-de-camp to Lord Raglan after the Battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854 in the Crimean War. He was an atheist and vegetarian.[4]

Maxse retired from the Royal Navy in 1867, but failed in his attempts to get elected to Parliament in 1868 and 1874. Maxse was active in various causes including the Charity Organisation Society, John Stuart Mill's Land Tenure Reform Association, the National Education League and the Eastern Question Association, founded to campaign against the atrocities of the Ottoman Empire during the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876. He also founded the Electoral Reform Association which campaigned for the equalisation of parliamentary constituencies.

He died in London.[2]

Works

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Maxse was a friend of Joseph Chamberlain, and his 1873 pamphlet The Causes of Social Revolt became the basis of Chamberlain's radical programme of 1885.[5]

Family

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Maxse married Cecilia Steel, a society beauty, and daughter of Colonel James Steel. They had two sons and two daughters before separating around 1877:[3][6]

References

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  1. ^ Stearn, Roger T. "Maxse, Frederick Augustus". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18398. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Admiral Maxse". The Times. 27 June 1900. p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 351–352. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. ^ Sencourt, Robert. (2012). The Life of George Meredith: Biography of a Poet. Severus Verlag. p. 94. ISBN 9783863472443
  5. ^ Bowie, Duncan (2014). Our History: Roots of the British Socialist Movement. London: Socialist History Society. pp. 21–22. ISBN 9780955513893.
  6. ^ Cecil, Hugh. "Milner, Violet Georgina". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35039. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898), Portrait study of Olive Maxse, probably for 'The Sirens'". Christie's. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

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