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 Colquhoun, daughter of Robert Colquhoun of St. Christopher's. Sir John, succeeded his father to the barony in 1785. He married Hannah or Anne Gardiner, daughter of Richard Gardiner, of Aldborough, Suffolk, and had issue, one son, Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet, and two daughters, Harriet Maxwell, who died in 1812, and Elizabeth Maxwell, wife of Archibald Stirling, Esq., of Keir, the parents of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet, of Pollok. rdf:langString