William Hamilton Maxwell (June 30, 1792 in Newry, County Down, Ireland - Dec. 29, 1850 in Musselburgh, Scotland) was a Scots-Irish novelist. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He claimed to have entered the British Army and seen service in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, but this is generally believed to be untrue. Afterwards he took orders, but was deprived of his living for non-residence.

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  • Maxwell, William Hamilton (DNB00)
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  • Maxwell, William Hamilton — Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XXXVII, 1894
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  • William Hamilton Maxwell (June 30, 1792 in Newry, County Down, Ireland - Dec. 29, 1850 in Musselburgh, Scotland) was a Scots-Irish novelist. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He claimed to have entered the British Army and seen service in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, but this is generally believed to be untrue. Afterwards he took orders, but was deprived of his living for non-residence. His novels, O'Hara (1825), and Stories from Waterloo (1834) started the school of rollicking military fiction, which culminated in the novels of Charles Lever. Maxwell also wrote a Life of the Duke of Wellington (1839-1841), and a History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (1845)
  • William Hamilton Maxwell est un romancier et historien irlandais d'ascendance écossaise, né le 30 juin 1792 à Newry, mort le 29 décembre 1850 à Musselburgh (comté d'East Lothian, en Écosse).
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  • William Hamilton Maxwell (June 30, 1792 in Newry, County Down, Ireland - Dec. 29, 1850 in Musselburgh, Scotland) was a Scots-Irish novelist. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He claimed to have entered the British Army and seen service in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, but this is generally believed to be untrue. Afterwards he took orders, but was deprived of his living for non-residence.
  • William Hamilton Maxwell est un romancier et historien irlandais d'ascendance écossaise, né le 30 juin 1792 à Newry, mort le 29 décembre 1850 à Musselburgh (comté d'East Lothian, en Écosse).
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  • William Hamilton Maxwell
  • William Hamilton Maxwell
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