William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676 – 2 March 1744), was a Roman Catholic member of the Scottish nobility who took part in the Jacobite rising...

Earl of Nithsdale was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1620 for Robert Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell, with remainder to heirs male. He...

escape of her husband, William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, from the Tower of London in 1716. Her father was the 1st Marquess of Powis, and on 2 March...

involvement of William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, in the Jacobite rising of 1715. Gradually the shire became the more significant unit of local government...

rules footballer William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles (died 1603), Scottish politician William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676–1744), Catholic...

William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, who was condemned to death for high treason for participating in the Jacobite rising of 1715. Lady Nithsdale famously...

apparent of William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, 9th Lord Herries of Terregles, by his wife Lady Winifred Herbert, a daughter of William Herbert, 1st...

the 1745 Jacobite rising William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, for supporting the Jacobite rising of 1715 Thomas Paine, for publishing revolutionary...

1696) William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, 9th Lord Herries of Terregles (d. 1744); attainted 1716 William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries of Terregles...

to his brother Robert, with the title of Earl of Nithsdale (1620) in lieu of Morton. William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale James Douglas, 1st Baron Dalkeith...

3rd Earl of Leicester 1190–1204: Robert de Beaumont "FitzPernel", 4th Earl of Leicester 1206–1218: Simon IV de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (son of the...

two hundred gentlemen, with the Earl of Carnwath, William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, and George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton. This small force received...

Earls of Nithsdale, until William Maxwell, the 5th Earl, forfeited his titles in 1716. In 1776, Winifred Maxwell, the granddaughter of the 5th Earl of...

corruption. William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, a Jacobite of the '15, was sprung from the prison by his wife and her maid who kept coming in and out of the...

that also included the Earls of Nithsdale. One early member of the family, Sir John Maxwell, of Pollok, fought at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, where...

the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th century, the Maxwells were created Earls of Nithsdale, and built a new lodging within the walls, described as...

February 1841. William Brodie Gurney et al, London, 1841. First Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on The Trial of the Earl Russell. HL...

William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582 – 7 August 1648) was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist...

William (1873). The book of Carlaverock. Memoirs of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, Lords Maxwell & Herries. [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles...

prisoner, 463 of them English. George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton, William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure, William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, James Radclyffe...

Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale (wife of William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale). His father was the only son of Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis...

(c.1679-1749), who married William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, and had children In 1674, Herbert was created Earl of Powis, and his wife became a...

Wynne, clergyman and academic 1744 March 2 - William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite, husband of Winifred Herbert 1745 May 7 - Sir Thomas Hanmer...

restored as 10th Lord Maxwell in 1617, and was created Earl of Nithsdale in 1620. Balfour Paul, James (1904), "Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale", The Scots Peerage...

after James's deposition from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These creations were not recognised...

Mary of Modena and James, Prince of Wales escape after the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and her sister Winifred's husband William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale...

seven children: John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (1583–1613), forfeited the Lordship in 1609 Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale (after 1586–1646), restored...

Crichtons had long competed for influence in Nithsdale and, accompanied by William Douglas of Drumlanrig, Maxwell led a considerable force into the town from...

Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426–1455) Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (died 1455) John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (died 1463) Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale (died...

His grandson, William Constable-Maxwell, managed to claim the lordship in 1848, when the descendants of the fifth Earl of Nithsdale (who had been attainted)...