sentences:  On his father's death in November 1900, he succeeded as 11th Baron Farnham (and 14th in the family Baronetcy) and inherited the Farnham estate, County Cavan.He was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and received his first commission as second lieutenant in the 10th Hussars on 12 August 1899.The regiment had embarked for South Africa to fight in the Second Boer War in November 1899, and Maxwell joined them in March 1900, travelling on the SS "British Prince".