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=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |Description = {{en|Sir Peter Benson Maxwell (1817–1893), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the {{w|Straits Settlements}} from 1867 to 1871: see {{cite web|title=Former Recorders and Chief Justices of the Strait