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  Captain Heywood married, July 31, 1816, Frances, only daughter of Francis Simpson, Esq. of Plean House, Stirlingshire. His only surviving brother, Edwin Holwell Heywood, Esq. is a solicitor at Whitehaven, in Cumberland. Another brother, formerly a Lieutenant, R.M. died in the Hon. East India Company’s service, at Madras.



 officer is a nephew of the late Sir William Maxwell, of Monteith, N.B. Bart, whose daughter Jane married Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon.

He commenced his naval career under the auspices of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood; obtained his first commission as a Lieutenant in 1796; and was promoted to the command of the Cyane sloop of war, at the Leeward Islands, in Dec. 1802.

The Cyane formed part of Commodore Hood’s squadron at the reduction of St. Lucia, June 22, 1803; and Captain Maxwell was immediately afterwards appointed to the Centaur, a third rate, bearing the broad pendant of his patron, under whom he also served at the capture of Tobago, Demerara, and Essequibo, in July and September following. His post commission was confirmed by the Admiralty on the 4th Aug. 1803.

Captain Maxwell was subsequently employed in the blockade of Martinique; and in April 1804, we find him accompanying Commodore Hood and Major-General Sir Charles Green, on an expedition against Surinam, the only colony then possessed by the enemy in Dutch Guiana; Berbice having surrendered to the British soon after the above mentioned Batavian settlements.

On the 25th April, the Centaur anchored about ten miles from the mouth of the Surinam river; and the next day a