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The son of [[family::Robert Pollock]] of Pollock (d.1673), he studied at [[education::Glasgow University]]. | The son of [[family::Robert Pollock]] of Pollock (d.1673), he studied at [[education::Glasgow University]]. | ||
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*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. | ||
| − | *https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/pollock-sir-robert-1665-1735 | + | *[https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/pollock-sir-robert-1665-1735 History of Parliament] |
| − | *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Pollock,_1st_Baronet | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Pollock,_1st_Baronet Sir Robert Pollock, Wikipedia]. |
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Sir Robert POLLOCK or POLLOK of Pollock, 1st Baronet, ca.1665-1735
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Biographical Note
The son of Robert Pollock of Pollock (d.1673), he studied at Glasgow University. He made his first career in the military, firstly as a lieutenant in an independent troop of horse and then captain in the 7th Dragoons in 1690 and a major of foot in Lord Murray’s regiment from 1694 until 1698. He was then a major of Dragoons in the Earl of Hyndford’s regiment until 1710 and a lieutenant-colonel to 1715. In 1700 he was elected to the Scottish Parliament and to the British Parliament in 1707/1708 and from 1710 to 1722. He received his baronetcy in 1703. He supported the accession of William and Mary and the later Hanoverian succession.
Books
Used an engraved bookplate:
Franks *568 Pollok, Sr. Robert, of that ilk Baronet. 1707
The extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- History of Parliament
- Sir Robert Pollock, Wikipedia.