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The family of Maxwell of Munches (an estate in the parish of Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire) held lands in the parish including Munches from the 16th century. George Maxwell of Munches succeeded his father c1683, dying c1728. In 1686 he was appointed one of the royal factors for uplifting rents of the forfeited estates of the Covenanters. He acquired Dinwiddie (also spelled Dinwoodie) estate (Dumfriesshire) consequent on a disposition by his grandmother, Agnes Maxwell. He and his eldest son, William Maxwell, were taken prisoner during the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. His grandson, George Maxwell of Munches, died in 1793, succeeded by his eldest sister, Agnes Maxwell (d 1809), who married John Maxwell of Terraughty (1720-1814). She disponed to him her estates of Dinwiddie and Munches. Their eldest son, Alexander Herries Maxwell (d 1815) succeeded. On his death, his niece, Clementina Maxwell (1782-1858), succeeded to the estate of Munches, Terraughty and Dinwiddie. She married John Herries Johnstone, who in 1815 assumed the additional surname Maxwell. His father, Wellwood Johnstone-Maxwell of Barncleuch (in the parish of Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire) had married Catherine Maxwell, a daughter of John Maxwell of Terraughty, and John Herries Johnstone succeeded to Barncleuch. His eldest surviving son, Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches (1817-1900), was MP for Kirkcudbrightshire, 1868-1874. His eldest surviving son, William Jardine Herries Maxwell of Munches (1852-1933) (who also succeeded to the other family lands), was MP for Dumfriesshire 1892-1895 and 1900-1906, and was admitted as an advocate in 1876. His eldest surviving son, Desmond Herries Maxwell of Munches (1886-), succeeded him; he may have been the last family member to own Munches.
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