William Brownlow FORDE. Robert Perceval MAXWELL

The five upper lights of this window were erected by
Colonel, The Right Honourable, William Brownlow FORDE. P.C. Seaford. He had served as Lieutenant-Colonel, the Royal South Down Militia and Colonel, 1854-81, 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.

Major, Robert Perceval Maxwell . He was born on the 24th June 1813 to Reverend William PERCEVAL of Kilmore Hill, County Waterford and Annefield, County Dublin. He was the eldest son of William Perceval and he inherited the Perceval property and since his maternal uncle, John Waring MAXWELL, Jr, had no children he inherited the Maxwell estate as well. In July 1839, by royal licence, Robert Perceval assumed the additional surname and arms of Maxwell and became Robert Perceval Maxwell. He was the husband of Helena Anne Moore who he married on the 19th September 1839. At the time of Griffith\'s Valuation. In the 1870s Robert Percival Maxwell of Groomsport House, Belfast, owned 695 acres in county Cork, 2,353 acres in county Tipperary, over 8,000 acres in county Down and a smaller estate in county Meath.
London Gazette dated18th September 1855
Commissions signed by the Marquess of Londonderry,
the Lieutenant of the County of Down: Royal North Down Militia Rifles.
To be Major Robert Perceval Maxwell, Esq.,vice Crawford, retired, retaining rank. Dated 18th June 1855