Portrait of the Lord Farnham, 10th Baron (1849-1900) by English School

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Somerset Henry Maxwell (JP, DL, Co Cavan), born in Wexford UK in 1849, became the 10th Baron Farnham when his uncle James died in 1896. The Farnham lineage can be traced back to Sir John Maxwell, Knight of Calderwood in Scotland, whose son the Very Reverend Robert Maxwell went to Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth in order to "secure an interest in that kingdom" for James VI. A military man, Somerset Maxwell was a Lieutenant in the 98th Regiment as well as a Captain and Honorary Major in Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers. He married in 1875 and fathered six children. In common with other barons his recreations included shooting, hunting, golf and natural history; more unusually he was also interested in physics and astronomy, and was a member of the Royal Society. When he acquired his 6-inch refractor is not known. He died in 1900 and his son Sir Arthur Kenlis Maxwell succeeded him as 11th Baron Farnham. At the time of his death, he owned some 26,000 acres of countryside.

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