This note seeks to clarify the course of the career of James Maxwell, gentleman usher of the black rod in several earlier Stuart parliaments. Maxwell was a Scot who followed James I south in 1603, serving in his household and that of Charles I, first as a gentleman usher daily waiter, and from 1619 as a groom of the bedchamber. In 1620 he secured the office of black rod. In 1642 he failed to follow the king to Oxford but remained with the parliament at Westminster, although largely delegating his duties as black rod to his associate, Alexander Thayne. In 1647, he was allowed by parliament to attend the king at Holdenby House. He died in 1650 as earl of Dirletoun in Scotland, although the circumstances in which he acquired this title are obscure.

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关于詹姆斯·麦克斯韦的传记笔记，黑棒的迎接绅士

这篇笔记旨在澄清詹姆斯麦克斯韦的职业生涯，詹姆斯麦克斯韦是早前几次斯图亚特议会中黑棒的引入者。麦克斯韦是苏格兰人，于 1603 年跟随詹姆斯一世南下，在他和查理一世的家中服务，首先作为绅士迎接日常服务员，并从 1619 年起担任卧室的新郎。1620年，他获得了黑杖的职位。1642 年，他未能跟随国王前往牛津，但仍留在威斯敏斯特议会，尽管主要将他作为黑杖的职责委托给了他的助手亚历山大·泰恩。1647 年，议会允许他在霍尔登比宫出席国王会议。他于 1650 年在苏格兰以迪勒顿伯爵的身份去世，尽管他获得这个头衔的情况不详。