Men-at-the-Bar/Maxwell, Sir Peter Benson

by Joseph Foster

Maxwell, Sir Peter Benson, chief justice Straits settlements 1867-71, recorder Prince of Wales' Island 1856-66, of Singapore 1866-71, knighted 30 Jan., 1856, author of The Interpretation of Statutes, a student of the Inner Temple 14 Nov., 1838, went to the Middle Temple 16 Nov., 1840, where he was called to the bar 19 Nov., 1841 (4th son of Rev. Peter Benson Maxwell, of Birdstown, co. Donegal); born Jan., 1817; married ⁠ July, 1842, Frances Dorothea, dau. of late Francis Synge, Esq., of Glanmore, co. Wicklow, and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

Cairo; Athenæum Club.