John Oakley Maund

Sir John Oakley Maund (26 May 1846 – 10 June 1902) was an English banker, stockbroker, entrepreneur, hunter and mountaineer during the silver age of alpinism. Personal life Maund was born in Laverstock, Wiltshire, the son of William Herbert Maund and Lucy Maund. He served in the Royal Marine Artillery, reaching the rank of lieutenant. In July 1867, he married Mary Emily Baring, daughter of long-time Member of Parliament and Lord of the Treasury Major Henry Bingham Baring. She had been divorced in 1864 from Sir Richard Lewis Mostyn Williams-Bulkeley, 11th Baronet, with whom she had a son; Bulkeley had divorced her for adultery allegedly committed with Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Armitage of the Coldstream Guards. Mary died on 18 February 1887. Maund subsequently married Zoe Gertrude Dudgeon (1868–1935), who outlived him and in 1927 became the second wife of the businessman Vincent Caillard. Maund was known for his quick temper. Mountaineer John Oakley Maund was a mountaineer during the period known as the silver age of alpinism in the second half of the 19th century, and a prominent member of the Alpine Club. He weighed at the height of his mountaineering career.