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Earl of Nithsdale

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On the second Earl of Nithdale's death in 1667, the titles were inherited by John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terregles, who became the third Earl. He was the great-grandson of Sir John Maxwell, the second son of Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell. His grandson, the fifth Earl, was involved in the
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Some confusion in the numbering of the Lords Maxwell has arisen from the second Lord's surrender of his barony during his lifetime in favour of his son, who then pre-deceased him. Some authorities refer to the son only as "the Master of Maxwell", but he is more usually counted as the third Lord
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in 1513. The ninth Lord Maxwell was beheaded in Edinburgh in 1613 for a revenge killing.
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by changing clothes with his wife's maid the day before he was due to be executed. The
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with his titles forfeited. However, Lord Nithsdale made a celebrated escape from the
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was later restored to his descendants and remains extant.
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had been created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445 for
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Index

Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell

Coat of arms
James VI and I
Peerage of Scotland
Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale
William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
Peerage of Scotland
Battle of Flodden
Jacobite rising of 1715
attainted
Tower of London
Lordship of Herries of Terregles
Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell
John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell
John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 6th Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 7th Lord Maxwell
John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell
Earl of Morton
John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 10th Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale
Robert Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Nithsdale
John Maxwell, 3rd Earl of Nithsdale
Robert Maxwell, 4th Earl of Nithsdale
William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
Lord Herries of Terregles

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