1732 - 1752 (20 years)
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| Name |
John (3rd Bt of Pollock) Maxwell |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
1732 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1752 |
| Person ID |
I154170 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2021 |
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| Notes |
- Succeeded his cousin, Lord Pollock, sir John,13th of Pollock
Sir John Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (1752-1758) became a student at Edinburgh University at 13 and stayed there for seven years, as well as taking the credit for the building of Pollok House he also built the bridge over the White Cart and demolished the Laighe Castle and built the stable courtyard for his use. Sir John (3rd Baronet) was an exceptional sportsman, and it is rumoured that he could pick up a coin from the ground while his horse was at a canter-gallop and could skate at a mile a minute.
He died, unmarried at 38 and was succeeded by his brother Sir Walter Maxwell, 4th Baronet (1758-1762). He was the second surviving son of his father's second wife and succeeded at 27. He married D'Arcy Brisbane and had one son but was only in charge of the estate for a short time as he died two years after his marriage leaving his wife with an infant son. Devastatingly Walter's son, Sir John Maxwell 5th baronet (1761-1762), only lived for nine weeks after his father's death, so the estate was passed to his uncle James (Walter's brother) in 1762.
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