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Sir William Edward Maxwell
KCMG
Governor of the Gold Coast
In office
7 April 1895 – 6 December 1897
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byWilliam Brandford Griffith
Succeeded byFrederick Mitchell Hodgson
Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office
30 August 1893 – 1 February 1894
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded bySir Cecil Clementi Smith
Succeeded bySir Charles Mitchell
6th Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements
In office
9 March 1892 – 1895
MonarchQueen Victoria
GovernorSir Cecil Clementi Smith
Sir Charles Mitchell
Preceded bySir John Frederick Dickson
Arthur Philip Talbot (Acting)
Succeeded byJames Alexander Swettenham
British Resident of Selangor
In office
1889–1892
Preceded byFrank Athelstane Swettenham
John Pickersgill Rodger (Acting)
Succeeded byWilliam Hood Treacher
Personal details
Born5 August 1846
Died10 December 1897(1897-12-10) (aged 51)
sea off Grand Canary[1]
Spouse
Lillias Grant Aberigh-Mackay
(m. 1870)
ChildrenSir William George Maxwell
Parents
  • Sir Peter Benson Maxwell (father)
  • Frances Dorothea (mother)
OccupationColonial administrator

Sir William Edward Maxwell, KCMG (5 August 1846 – 14 December 1897)[1] was a British colonial official who served as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements and Governor of the Gold Coast, then a British colony.

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