William Edward Maxwell

Sir William Edward Maxwell KCMG
Governor of the Gold Coast
In office 7 April 1895 – 6 December 1897
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	William Brandford Griffith
Succeeded by	Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office 30 August 1893 – 1 February 1894
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Cecil Clementi Smith
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Mitchell
6th Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements
In office 9 March 1892 – 1895
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Governor	Sir Cecil Clementi Smith Sir Charles Mitchell
Preceded by	Sir John Frederick Dickson Arthur Philip Talbot (acting)
Succeeded by	James Alexander Swettenham
British Resident of Selangor
In office 1889–1892
Preceded by	Frank Athelstane Swettenham John Pickersgill Rodger (acting)
Succeeded by	William Hood Treacher
Personal details
Born	5 August 1846
Died	10 December 1897(1897-12-10) (aged 51) sea off Grand Canary[1]
Spouse	Lillias Grant Aberigh-Mackay ​ ​ (m. 1870)​
Children	Sir William George Maxwell
Parents	Sir Peter Benson Maxwell (father) Frances Dorothea (mother)
Occupation	Colonial 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.