A few words may be added about other prominent members of the Maxwell family. John Maxwell (c. 1590-1647), archbishop of Tuam, was a Scottish ecclesiastic who took a leading part in helping Archbishop Laud in his futile attempt to restore the liturgy in Scotland. He was bishop of Ross from 1633 until 1638, when he was deposed by the General Assembly; then crossing over to Ireland he was bishop of Killala and Achonry from 1640 to 1645, and archbishop of Tuam from 1645 until his death. James Maxwell of Kirkconnell (c. 1708-1762), the Jacobite, wrote the _Narrative of Charles Prince of Wales's Expedition to Scotland in 1745_, which was printed for the Maitland Club in 1841. Robert Maxwell (1695-1765) was the author of _Select Transactions of the Society of Improvers_ and was a great benefactor to Scottish agriculture. Sir Murray Maxwell (1775-1831), a naval officer, gained much fame by his conduct when his ship the "Alceste" was wrecked in Gaspar Strait in 1817. William Hamilton Maxwell (1792-1850), the Irish novelist, wrote, in addition to several novels, a _Life of the Duke of Wellington_ (1839-1841 and again 1883), and a _History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798_ (1845 and 1891). Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th bart. (b. 1845), member of parliament for Wigtownshire from 1880 to 1906, and president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, became well known as a writer, his works including _Life and Times of the Right Hon. W. H. Smith_ (1893); _Life of the Duke of Wellington_ (1899); _The House of Douglas_ (1902); _Robert the Bruce_ (1897) and _A Duke of Britain_ (1895).