HERRIES, JOHN MAXWELL, 4TH LORD (c. Scottish politician, was the second son of Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell (d. 1546). In he married Agnes (d. daughter of William Herries, 3rd Lord Herries (d. , and in 1567 he obtained the title of Lord Herries. Maxwell had become prominent among the men who rallied round Mary queen of Scots, although during the earlier part of his public life he had been associated with the religious reformers and had been im prisoned by the regent, Mary of Lorraine. From March 1566, when Maxwell joined Mary at Dunbar after the murder of David Rizzio and her escape from Holyrood, he remained one of her staunchest friends, although he disliked her marriage with Both well. He led her cavalry at Langside, and after this battle she committed herself to his care. Herries rode with the queen into England in May 1568, and he and John Lesley, bishop of Ross, were her chief commissioners at the conferences at York. After returning to Scotland, Herries was imprisoned by the regent Murray. He was among the supporters of the regent Lennox until his death on Jan. 20, 1583. His son William, 5th Lord Herries (d. 1604), was warden of the west marches.