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词条 John Maxwell (politician)
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  1. Life

  2. Family

  3. References

Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet of Pollok FRSE (12 May 1791 – 6 June 1865) was a Scottish politician.[1]

Life

Maxwell was son of Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet[2] and his wife, Hannah Anne Gardiner. He was educated at Westminster School in London. He then studied at both Oxford University and Edinburgh University.

He was member of the Parliament for {{constlk|Renfrewshire}} between the years of 1818 and 1830. Later he represented {{constlk|Lanarkshire}}, between the years of 1832 and 1837.

He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1844 on the death of his father.

In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Makdougall Brisbane.[3]

He was influential in the restoration of Haggs Castle in 1860.

Family

In 1839 he married Lady Matilda Harriet Bruce (d. 1857). They did not have children.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/maxwell-john-1791-1865|title=Maxwell, John (1791–1865), of Pollok, Renfrew, History of Parliament Online|accessdate=13 August 2016}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Edmund Lodge|title=The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JC0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA759|year=1859|publisher=Hurst and Blackett|page=759}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
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7 : Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies|1791 births|1865 deaths|Politics of Renfrewshire|Politics of Lanarkshire|Place of birth missing|Clan Maxwell

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