A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxwell, George Berkeley
MAXWELL. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
George Berkeley Maxwell entered the Navy, 2 July, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, successive flagship of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark Milbanke at Portsmouth, where he remained until Oct. 1801. In Dec. 1804 he joined the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, on the Mediterranean station; and on 22 Sept. 1807 he was made Lieutenant into the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, lying at Spithead. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Oct. 1807, to the Astraea 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, in the West Indies; where, while under the temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he was wrecked on a coral reef off the island of Anagada 24 May, 1808 – 13 Feb. 1809, to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in the Baltic – and 4 May, 1810, and 11 Jan. 1813, to the San Josef 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, in the Mediterranean and Channel. He acquired the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814, but did not again go afloat until April, 1829; on 7 of which month we find him receiving an appointment to the Herald yacht. In that vessel, it appears, he conveyed Lady Heytesbury to St. Petersburg; Wm. Turner, Esq. (Envoy Extraordinary), to Carthagena; Lord Aylmer to Quebec; and Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt thence to England. Since his promotion to Post-rank 20 Nov. 1830, Capt. Maxwell has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 May, 1821, Laetitia, daughter of John Clerk, Esq., of Downham House, co. Gloucester, and by that lady has issue.