The Descendants of William Hyslop.

21. Archibald HYSLOP [47376] (Archibald Geddes, HEIC, Madras Artillery (Lt. Col.)⁸, John², William¹) was born on 06 Oct 1835 in Madras Bengal India and died on 19 Feb 1895 at age 59.

Archibald married Mary MONRO [47418] [MRIN: 16998] on 12 Oct 1865. Mary died in 1924.

45 F ii. Helen Mary Emma HYSLOP [47420] was born on 15 Aug 1867 and died on 07 Apr 1925 at age 57.

22. Lt. Col. Maxwell Walter HYSLOP, 93rd Highlanders [47377] (Archibald Geddes, HEIC, Madras Artillery (Lt. Col.)⁸, John², William¹) was born on 02 Sep 1837 in India and died on 03 Sep 1905 in Bedford Bedfordshire England at age 68.

50 F iii. Jane Frith HYSLOP [47427] was born about 1869 in Scotland and died on 18 Jul 1932 about age 63.

51 F iv. Kitty Catherine HYSLOP [47428] was born about 1871 in Scotland and died in 1897 about age 26.

52 F v. Alice Winifred HYSLOP [47429] was born about 1877 in Scotland and died on 31 Oct 1924 about age 47.

Maxwell next married Elizabeth Fraser McDuff DUNCAN [47431] [MRIN: 17001] in 1881. Elizabeth was born about 1857 in Scotland.

23. Isabella Jane HYSLOP [47378] (Archibald Geddes, HEIC, Madras Artillery (Lt. Col.)⁸, John², William¹) was born on 26 Jan 1840 in India.

Isabella next married Rev. H H CHAMBERLAIN [47436] [MRIN: 17003] on 26 Jun 1872.

30. William Harley MAXWELL-HYSLOP [19370] (Maxwell, HEIC, Bengal Inf. (Lt. Col.)¹¹, John², William¹) was born in Nov 1852 in Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland and died on 05 Aug 1938 in St Kilda Melbourne VIC Australia at age 85.

General Notes: Maxwell Heraldry
This is an introduction to the Heraldry of the Maxwell family. The rules of heraldry are quite complex for the novice but if you remember that a coat of arms can only be owned by a single person at a time, then you know the most important rule of heraldry. This is not a comprehensive guide to heraldry but meant only as a taster.

Firstly, there is no such thing as a Maxwell family crest or a Maxwell family coat of arms. Any coats of arms pertaining to Maxwells that you may have seen are owned or were owned by an individual. The great majority of Maxwells do not own any arms. However if they can prove relationship to owners of arms either living or dead they may be able to apply a heraldic authority and obtain arms of their own. The only legal ensign most Maxwells may bear is the Belt and Buckle Badge which represents the Crest of the Chief of Maxwell surrounded by a belt with the Chief's motto upon it. This shows that the wearer has fellowship with and is a supporter of the Chief of the name, in this case, Maxwell. The badge is always in silver or plan white metal and is never represented in any other colour.

Most Maxwell coats of arms have been granted or matriculated by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms, the chief herald of Scotland. It is through this heraldic authority that the earliest Maxwell coats of arms came into being. The Chief of the Maxwell family started to use his distinctive armorial late in the twelfth century or early in the thirteenth century. The Maxwell Chief used the unique black diagonal cross on a white field. The correct heraldic term for this "Argent, a saltire Sable". A saltire is the diagonal cross, Sable is colour black and Argent is the silver or 'white' field. In heraldry there is no 'white' or 'yellow'. Although these colours are seen they represent the silver and gold coloured metals, thus Argent for silver and Or for gold. The other principle colours in heraldry are; Gules: red, Azure: blue, Vert: green and Purpure: purple.

The arms "Argent, a saltire Sable" are unique in the armorial world to the Lords Maxwell, the chiefs of the name Maxwell and date back to the very earliest period of heraldry. Within the early family, marks of cadency and differences began to appear on the arms of junior branches of the family, each forming a unique new armorial. Maxwell of Nether Pollok placed a gold ring over his black saltire and Maxwell of Calderwood surrounded his saltire with a black and white chequered border. These "differences" have persisted in these families right up to modern times.

Arms were usually the preserve of male members of the family passing father to son as a right of inheritance. However, if there were no male children, the arms could pass through a female line to grandchildren thus preserving the old arms. When a marriage took place between armigerous persons the two coats could be "Quartered" together to make a new coat. This can be seen in the coat of John Maxwell of Calderwood who's father had married the heiress of Dennistoun of that Ilk. Thus, the arms of Janet Dennistoun's father are preserved for posterity in the arms of Maxwell of Calderwood.

The Lords of Maxwell bore above their arms a crest of a 'A stag couchant before a holly bush proper'. That is to say a stag sitting in front of a holly bush. The crest is born on a wreath of his livery colours which are now black and silver (white) but were red and silver in ancient times. This crest is the one worn by loyal followers of the Chief today in their Belt and Buckle Badges. The Maxwells of Calderwood and Pollok both had Saracens heads for crests which are usually associated with crusader pasts. Most of the Irish branches of the Maxwell family had stags heads for crests as did the Lords Herries and the Maxwells of Dargavel.

The motto of the ancient Lord Maxwell was 'I byd ye fair' which was a greeting, however the fifth Earl of Nithsdale changed his motto to 'Reviresco' which is Latin for 'I flourish'. On Scottish armorials the motto always appears in an escroll over the top of the crest whilst on English arms it is placed below the shield. Some Scottish families carry their war-cry or slughorn (from which we get the word slogan) on an escroll beneath their arms. The slughorn of the Maxwell's is 'Wardlaw'. Some interpret this as meaning 'we are the defenders of the warden's law' after the Chief's role as Warden of the Western Marches. Another interpretation is that 'Wardlaw' is a gathering cry. On hearing the cry, Maxwell's men would rally at the top of a small hill beside Caerlaverock Castle called Wardlaw. To complete the full achievement of the ancient Lords of Maxwell, the shield is held up right by two Supporters. Supporters are usually only granted to chiefs, peers and other high raking nobles. The Lords Maxwell had two rampant stags for supporters which stood on a grassy hillock. With his helmet and the mantling flowing from it, this completes the Lord Maxwell ancient armorial.

The Armorial Achievement of the Lords Maxwell of Caerlaverock to 1581

The armorial achievements of the Maxwell family are manyfold and diverse. I have collected over one hundred different coats, all with the exception of two are based on the black saltire of the ancient Maxwell Lords of Caerlaverock. The exceptions come from the English College of Heralds which obey slightly different rules in their determination of heraldic grants. In the heraldic lineage of Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop below you can see how the English heralds have changed the nature of the saltire in the arms of Captain Alexander Maxwell-Hyslop to differentiate between his and the Scottish arms of Maxwell of Glengabor. It is an heraldic conundrum as to why the Hyslop family should have a coat of arms based on the Maxwell crest. They may have been part of the Maxwell household in the past but when the arms were registered they were in possession of their own lands in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. The Bayly's of Sheepstor are a Devonshire family.

Below are some of my collection of Maxwell coats chosen not just for their diversity and colour but also to demonstrate the use of borders and additional charges to difference armorial coats. If you would like to know more about Maxwell arms or even how to acquire some for yourself contact the webmaster. Alternatively for a broader view of Scot heraldry I recommend another of my sites, that of the Heraldry Society of Scotland.

All images ? Copyright 2000 George Anthony Maxwell.

Captain Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop GC. RN. (1895-1978)

Alexander Henry Maxwell Hyslop was born 25th May 1895, the son of Colonel Robert Maxwell Hyslop RE and his wife Emily Clara Brock. His father was a descendent of John Maxwell of Terraughty and the Hyslop family of Lotus and his mother was the sister of, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Osmond de Beauvior Brock. He was educated at Rottingdean near Brighton and in 1907 he entered Osbourne Naval School moving on to Dartmouth Navel College at the age of 15.
Alexander went to sea as a Midshipman in 1913 just before Britain was plunged into the Great War. His first ship was HMS Centurion, but soon after the start of the war he was transferred to the Royal Naval Air Station at Polegate in Sussex. Here he served on four airships the, No 9, SS1, SS10 and the SS12. Alexander was a very fit, athletic young man and during the war he won the heavy-weight boxing championship of the Grand Fleet as a light heavy-weight. Later in the war he served on to HMS Africa, HMS Repulse and HMS Revenge. After the war, now a Lieutenant, Alexander was stationed on Whale Island at the gunnery course and later served on HMS Ceres and HMS Furious. During the early 1920's, he led the Royal Navy rugby team's forwards for three years.
He married Cecelia Joan Bayly daughter of Bayly and had two sons Alexander Bayly and Robert John born at Ivybridge Devon, 6th June 1931. Lieutenant Maxwell Hyslop was further promoted and by 1929, he was a Lieutenant Commander serving as Gunnery Officer on board HMS Devonshire. In July of that year, there was a serious explosion on board as a result of which he was awarded the Albert Medal. His first command was HMS Laburnham on the New Zealand station in the Pacific in 1933. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1935 as Commander of the Boys Training Establishment, HMS Impregnable and promoted to Captain in 1938.
Returning to sea in 1939, he took command of HMS Durban at the outbreak of the second World War. He was captain of Destroyers at Devonport until 1941 and then spent the next three years on Arctic duties in command of HMS Cumberland, during which period he commanded Operations Gearbox 2 and 3, both part of the relief of Spitzbergen. In 1944 Captain Maxwell Hyslop assumed command of the battleship, HMS Nelson, which was involved in the bombardment of the Normandy landing area's fortifications. In the later part of 1944, Captain Maxwell Hyslop was ADC to King George VI. His last post, was as commander of the Naval Officers Selection station, HMS Raleigh at Torpoint.
He was invalided out of the Royal Navy in 1946 and retired to Par in Cornwall. There, he was the Chief Warden of the county's Civil Defence and later a District Councillor. In 1970, unbeknown to him, a petition was brought before the Queen, that the Albert Medal had lost it's significance in the public eye and that it was felt that the George Cross (of which the Albert Medal was the Naval equivalent) should be awarded to in its place. As part of this modification of honours and awards, the surviving Albert Medal holders went to Buckingham Palace in 1971 and the Queen exchanged their Albert Medals for George Crosses. Alexander's citation was read out as the paradigm citation. His Albert Medal was presented to HMS Excellent where it is on display. He anglicised his conjoined surname by Deed Poll in 1928 by adding a hyphen between the Maxwell and the Hyslop, this was to prevent confusion in English circles where the Scottish conjoined name is not wholly understood. In retirement, he sailed with the Fowey Yacht Club where he was vice-commodore, hunted with his two dogs and annually ploughed his 8 acre field at Prideaux until his death on 28th August 1978. A few years ago, Alexander's George Cross, was presented to the Speaker of the House of Commons by his son, Sir Robert J Maxwell-Hyslop, MP., and now forms part of the collection of Honours and Awards in the Houses of Parliament.

Adapted from Lieutenant Commander Maxwell Hyslop's Albert Medal Citation.

"HMS Devonshire was carrying out full calibre firing on 26th July 1929 when, at the first salvo there was a heavy explosion which blew off the roof of one of the turrets. Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell Hyslop was in the fore control when the explosion occurred, and immediately proceeded to the turret and climbed inside. He made a general examination of the turret, and descended the gun well through most dangerous conditions of fumes and smoke, necessitating the use of a life line, remaining in the turret until the emergency was over, directing arrangements for the safety of the magazine, and supervising the evacuation of the wounded. He was fully aware of the danger to himself from the results of cordite fumes, and the grave risk of further explosions. At the time this officer entered the turret the fire produced by the explosion was still burning and it was impossible to estimate the real state of affairs due to the heavy smoke. He was fully aware that there were other cordite charges in the hoist and handling room below which might ignite at any moment with almost certain fatal results to himself, and he deliberately endangered his own life to save the lives of others." (London Gazette: 19th November 1929)

William married Catherine Emma SIDDELEY [19170] [MRIN: 7728], daughter of William SIDDELEY [19358] and Emma Catherine FORWOOD [37155], in 1879 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria. Catherine was born on 25 Dec 1854 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria and was christened in 1855 in St James' Melbourne Colony of Victoria. Another name for Catherine was Kitty.

58 F i. Alice Mary MAXWELL-HYSLOP [19371] was born in 1880 and died in 1923 at age 43.

Alice married Conrad Harvey SAYCE [19379] [MRIN: 7729]. Conrad was born 1Qtr 1888 in Hereford Herefordshire England.

59 M ii. William Edgar MAXWELL-HYSLOP [19372] was born in 1881 and died in Dec 1881.

61 F iv. Ethel Camilla MAXWELL-HYSLOP [19374] was born in 1883 and died in 1925 at age 42.

65 F viii. Bridget MAXWELL-HYSLOP [19378] . Another name for Bridget is Biddy.

31. Col. Robert Maxwell HYSLOP, RE [47385] (Maxwell, HEIC, Bengal Inf. (Lt. Col.)¹¹, John², William¹) was born on 17 Jun 1847 in Bareilly Uttar Pradesh India and died before 1925.

Robert married Constance Mary Henrietta BINGHAM [47438] [MRIN: 17004]. Constance was born in 1851 in Karachi Sind India and died on 10 Dec 1888 at age 37.

66 F i. Florence Mary Bingham Maxwell HYSLOP [47439] was born in 1875 in India.

Florence married George Alfred Charles SMITH [47443] [MRIN: 17006] on 16 Oct 1908. George was born about 1873.

Robert next married Emily Clara BROCK [47441] [MRIN: 17005] on 29 Sep 1891 in Christ Church Clifton Bristol Gloucstershire England. Emily was born about 1871 and died on 29 Dec 1965 in Whitchurch Hampshire England about age 94. Another name for Emily was Millie.

69 F ii. Evelyn Cressy MAXWELL-HYSLOP [47444] was born 4qtr 1893 in Woolwich Kent England.

Evelyn married Rev. John Percival Willoughby LOVETT [47446] [MRIN: 17007] on 14 Oct 1925 in St Thomas' Portsmouth Hampshire England.

33. Lieut Maxwell Robertson HYSLOP, 1/17th Regt. [47387] (Maxwell, HEIC, Bengal Inf. (Lt. Col.)¹¹, John², William¹) was born about 1858 in Clevedon Somerset England and died 2Qtr 1915 in Guildford Surrey England about age 57.

Maxwell married Alice Maud CROFTON [47448] [MRIN: 17009] 1Qtr 1844 in St George's Hanover Square London England. Alice was born about 1863.

36. Alexander HYSLOP MAXWELL [47409] (Maxwell¹⁵, Maxwell⁵, William¹) was born about 1865 in Liverpool Lancashire England and died on 07 May 1957 in London England about age 92.

Alexander married Elisa Amelia HAMMOND [47451] [MRIN: 17010]. Elisa was born about 1871 in Chile and died about 1955 about age 84.

74 M ii. 2nd Lieut. Harley HYSLOP MAXWELL [47453] was born on 20 Oct 1898 in Liverpool Lancashire England, died on 24 Oct 1918 in St Quentin Nord-Pas-de-Calais France at age 20, and was buried in Vadencourt British Cemetery Maissemy Aisne Picardy France.

37. Charles HYSLOP MAXWELL [47410] (Maxwell¹⁵, Maxwell⁵, William¹) was born about 1866 in Liverpool Lancashire England and died on 30 Aug 1932 about age 66.

Charles married Elizabeth B C [47455] [MRIN: 17011]. Elizabeth was born about 1872 in Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland.

76 F i. Cecelia HYSLOP MAXWELL [47456] was born about 1895 in Taranqueer? Roxburghshire Scotland.

77 F ii. Sybella C W HYSLOP MAXWELL [47457] was born about 1899 in Tinwald Dumfriesshire Scotland.

78 M i. Wellwood Alexander HYSLOP-MAXWELL [47459] was born about 1901. Another name for Wellwood was Bobbie.

41. Lyon HYSLOP MAXWELL [47414] (Maxwell¹⁵, Maxwell⁵, William¹) was born 2Qtr 1873 in Liverpool Lancashire England.

Lyon married Margaret HERRIES [47461] [MRIN: 17014] in Jun 1903 in Liverpool Lancashire England. Margaret was born about 1880 and died on 31 Aug 1938 in Leatherhead Surrey England about age 58. Another name for Margaret was Daisy.

80 M ii. Lyon HYSLOP MAXWELL [47463] was born 4Qtr 1905 in West Derby Lancashire England.

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