John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell

John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman and patriarch of the Border Family / House / Clan of Maxwell.

Origins Maxwell was the eldest son and heir of John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell (died 1484) and Janet, the daughter of George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness. The Maxwells were an ancient House / Family from the Scottish Borders, whose chief seat was at Caerlaverock Castle near Dumfries.

Career Maxwell was infefted in his grandfather's lands at Carnsalloch on 8 May 1485 and was served heir to his father in the lands of Maxwell on 29 April 1486. In 1486 he was also appointed Warden of the West Marches. In October 1488 he attended the first Parliament of James IV.

Maxwell was one of the many Scottish nobles killed in the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513. She was still living on 25 July 1530. They had at least nine children: Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell Regent of the Isle of Arran, Warden of the West Marches. Lord High Admiral, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Extraordinary Lord of Session and one of the members of the council of Regency Herbert Maxwell, ancestor of the Maxwells of Clowden John Maxwell, who was Abbot of Dundrennan in 1524 Edward Maxwell, who was still living on 6 June 1540 Mary Maxwell, who married James Johnstone of that Ilk Agnes Maxwell, who married Robert Charteris of Amisfield Isobel Maxwell, who married Laird Robert Porterfield Katherine Maxwell, who married Ninian Glendoning of Parton. Elizabeth Maxwell, who married Sir Alexander Jardine of Applegirth Maxwell is also known to have had two illegitimate sons, Henry and John.