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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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| ⚫ | Maxse was a friend of [[Joseph Chamberlain]], and his 1873 pamphlet ''The Causes of Social Revolt'' became the basis of |
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| ⚫ | 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 radical causes including the [[Charity Orgainsation 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. |
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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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowie|first1=Duncan|title=Our History: Roots of the British Socialist Movement|date=2014|publisher=Socialist History Society|location=London|isbn=9780955513893|pages=21–22}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:40, 19 December 2015
Frederick Augustus Maxse (1833–1900) was a British Royal Navy officer, and radical liberal campaigner.[1]
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 radical causes including the Charity Orgainsation 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.
Works
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.[2]
Family
Maxse's daughter became Viscountess Milner.
References
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Bowie, Duncan (2014). Our History: Roots of the British Socialist Movement. London: Socialist History Society. pp. 21–22. ISBN 9780955513893.
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