Robert Pollock

Sir Robert Pollock, 1st Baronet ( – 22 August 1735), of Pollok, was a British Army officer and Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1700 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1722.

Early life Pollock was the eldest son of Robert Pollock of Pollok and his second wife, Jean Crawford, daughter of Cornelius Crawford of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire. He succeeded his father who died in 1673. He was educated at Glasgow in 1679.

Personal life He married firstly by contract dated 25/30 January 1686, Annabella ( Maxwell) Cathcart, widow of John Cathcart of Carleton, Ayr, and daughter of Sir George Maxwell, of Nether Pollock, Renfrew. She died without issue before 15 May 1691. He married, secondly, Annabella Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart, of Pardovan, Linlithgow. He completely demolished Pollock Castle and rebuilt it as a large stately house in 1686. He had four sons whom he outlived and three daughters, including:

Elizabeth Pollock, who married Laird Alexander Hamilton of Grange in 1730.

Descendants Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was grandfather of James A. Hamilton (1718–1799) and great-grandfather of Alexander Hamilton, 1st Secretary of the Treasury in the United States.