John (8th Bt of Pollock) Maxwell

- 1844

• Name	John (8th Bt of Pollock) Maxwell
  Gender	Male
  Death	1844
  Person ID	I189989	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	James (7th Bt of Pollock) Maxwell   d. 1785
  Mother	Frances Colhoun
  Family ID	F78064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Ann Gardiner
  Children	1. Sir John (9th bt of Pollock) Maxwell   d. 1918   2. Harriet Ann Maxwell   d. 1841   3. Mary Maxwell   4. Elizabeth Maxwell,   b. 1793   d. 1822 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F78066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Sir John Maxwell 7/8th baronet (1785-1844) succeeded his father at 17. He commissioned in the queen's boys but retired when he married. He was what you expected of a landowner of this time enjoying foxhunting, grouse-shooting and coursing. He enjoyed riding so much that when he went shooting in Aberdeen, he made the journey on horseback which took 4-5 days. He had enjoyed Pollok for 59 years and died there early one morning in 1844 when he was on his way out to the carriage for his early morning airing.