On his grandfather's death, he succeeded as the 12th Baron Farnham (and 15th of his family Baronetcy).
[citation needed] Lord Farnham was due to retire on or about his 70th birthday; a few months beforehand, he died, and was succeeded in the barony by his brother, Simon Kenlis Maxwell, who lived in England.
His wife, Diana, was a Lady of the Bedchamber (1987–2021) to Queen Elizabeth II.
[2] Lady Farnham rode alongside the Queen on the way to the Diamond Jubilee service on 5 June 2012 in the absence (through illness) of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Its conversion was enabled when Lady Farnham sold it to a local entrepreneur.