Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet,

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(12 May 1791 – 6 June 1865) was a Scottish landowner and politician.

Life

Maxwell was born at Pollok House,

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on 12 May 1791 the son of Hannah Anne Gardiner and her husband,

Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet, of Pollok (31 October 1768 – 30 July 1844) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley from 10 December 1832 until resigning in 1834. The eldest son of Sir James Maxwell, 6th Baronet, of Pollok and Frances Col ...

. He was educated at

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. He then studied at the

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and the

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. He was a member of

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for

between the years of 1818 and 1830. Later he represented

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, 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

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his proposer being Thomas Makdougall Brisbane. He was influential in the restoration of Haggs Castle in 1860. In 1864 he was one of the main funders behind a new church in

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which was later known as the Maxwell Church.

Family

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, John 1791 births 1865 deaths Nobility from Glasgow Politics of Renfrewshire Politics of Lanarkshire Place of birth missing John, 8 Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Oxford 8 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies