Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell

Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell was a Scottish nobleman, politician and soldier who was a member of the Council of Regency (1536) of the Kingdom of Scotland and Regent of the Isle of Arran. He was Lord High Admiral of Scotland in 1513 and Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1524, 1527 and 1535. He was also an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1533. In 1537, he was one of the ambassadors sent to the French Court to negotiate the marriage of King James V to Mary of Guise, whom he espoused as proxy for the king. Like his father John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell before him, he was a patriarch of the Clan Maxwell.