Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell ( * 1493, † July 9, 1546 in Logan in Dumfries ), was a Scottish nobleman.
Life
His father was John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell; his mother was Agnes Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart of Garlies. With his father's death at the Battle of Flodden Field on September 9, 1513, he assumed the title 5th Lord Maxwell.
Even though he where his father was killed in the battle, did not participate ( " what admiral of a fleet passing to France ... the tyme of Flodden field and being driven back by tempest arryved the 2d day after the battel. ") he was successful as an aristocratic politician and military man. In the years 1513-1534 he was greeted with the following items, titles and honors: Sentinels of Threave Castle and Lochmaben Castle, Steward of Kirkcudbright, " Warden of the West Marches ," Provost of Edinburgh ( three times), Captain of the King's Guard, Master of the Royal Household, Chief Carver to the King, Extraordinary Lord of Session
In the years 1536 and 1537 he was regent of Scotland during the absence of King James V., in 1538, he was appointed Admiral of the fleet, which led Marie de Guise as the second wife of the King to Scotland. On June 6, 1540 by royal decree were the baronies Maxwell, Caerlaverock, Mearns, inter alia, combined into a single barony Maxwell. During this time he has also been cited as " Bailie " ( civil administrator ) of various abbeys in the areas of the Scottish Borders and Galloway.
The last years of his life were less successful. He began a feud with members of the Clan Johnstone, who should come to an end until 50 years later. In the Battle of Solway Moss on 24 November 1542, he was captured by British troops and released only under the condition that it represented the interests of King Henry VIII in Scotland.
In 1543 he brought a law holding of trade fairs in the vernacular on the way, but he came back in 1544 in British captivity. His release in October 1545 was only after he had Caerlaverock Castle passed to British troops. For this cowardice he apologized on November 18, 1545 formally to the Queen, in whose name he was rehabilitated on 12 January 1546.
He was married twice. The first marriage was to the July 4, 1509 by Janet Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig, closed; from this marriage came two sons Robert (later 6th Lord ) and John, and a daughter; Margaret. The second marriage, between 1520 and the November 15, 1525 with Agnes Stewart, daughter of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan remained closed, childless.