The Rt Hon. Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, K.P., was an Irish peer, a Member of Parliament, an evangelical Orangeman and County Cavan landowner. During the hunger years of late 1820s and late 1840s
Statue of The Rt Hon. Henry, 7th Baron Farnham, K.P. This statue stands outside the Johnston Central Library on Farnham Street in Cavan Town. It depicts Lord Farnham wearing the mantle and robes of a Knight of St. Patrick. The statue originally stood in the now long gone Farnham Gardens, which were on the opposite side of Farnham Street, slightly further along the street.
Abergele rail disaster
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The Abergele rail disaster took place near Abergele, North Wales, in August 1868. At the time, it was the worst railway disaster to have occurred in Great Britain.
Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham
…communion in the established Church of Ireland. He also was seen to continue with evictions. Maxwell was killed with his wife, and about 30 others, in the Abergele rail disaster in August 1868. They in the front carriage of the London to Holyhead express at Chester when it collided with a goods train carrying petroleum. Their…
Abergele rail disaster memorial