Richard L. (Richard Lancelot) Maury

Born in 1840 and dying in 1907, Richard Launcelot Maury was the eldest son of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the noted oceanographer and naval officer. Sources describe him as an American lawyer, a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States Army, and later a commissioner of immigration in Mexico.

After the Civil War, Maury was associated with efforts to help ex-Confederates settle in Mexico, a project linked to the New Virginia Colony. He also wrote about his family and the war years, including Brief Sketch of Work of Matthew Fontaine Maury 1861-65 and an article on early marine torpedoes published in the Southern Historical Society Papers.

For listeners interested in historical memoir, regional history, or Civil War-era perspectives, Maury is a useful figure to know. His writing stands at the crossroads of military history, family remembrance, and the unsettled years that followed the Confederacy’s collapse.