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1300s - Laigh Castle was built for Sir John
Maxwell close to present day Pollok House, where the
Old Stable Courtyard is today.
1585 - Haggs Castle was built for Sir John Maxwell of
Pollok and his wife Margaret Conyngham as a
replacement for Laigh Castle. This Castle is next to
Pollok Park on Haggs Lane, 1 mile northeast of Pollok
House. This Castle has been converted to
Apartments.
1752 - Pollok House was completed for the 2nd
Baronet, Sir John Maxwell.
1758 - the Stone Bridge was completed over White
Cart Water at the rear of Pollok House.
1785 - 7th Baronet, Sir John Maxwell, inherited
Pollok House and set about importing Trees and Plants
from many Countries around the World to Landscape the
Estate.
The following Maxwell's also added Trees and
Plants at a time many Country Estates were competing
to design the most impressive Landscapes.
1850s - Sir William Stirling
Maxwell, 9th Baronet, built up a large collection
of Spanish works of Art, some remain on display in
Pollok House today.
1878 - Sir John
Stirling-Maxwell becomes 10th Baronet. He was a
Conservative Member of Parliament.
1890 - Sir John Stirling Maxwell hired the
architect Robert Rowand Anderson to extend Pollok
House, adding Wings to each side of the original Main
Building.
1892 - Pollok Golf Club
opens on the south side of the Estate.
1910 - Haggs Castle Golf Club opens on the
north side of the Estate.
1911 - Sir John opened Pollok lands to the
public.
1931 - Sir John helped set up the National Trust
for Scotland.
1956 - Sir John dies, leading to Pollok House
& Estate passing to his daughter, Dame Anne
Maxwell Macdonald, 11th Baronetess.
1966 - Anne Maxwell Macdonald, donated Pollok
House, its Art Collection, Library, and 361 acres of
Land to the City of Glasgow.
1967 - Pollok House was opened as a Museum.
1980 - the Estate is opened as Pollok Country
Park.
1983 - the vast Burrell Collection
Museum was opened in Pollok Park by Queen Elizabeth
II.
There are over 8,000 objects and Art in the
collection of Sir William Burrell Jr. (1861–1958) a
Scottish Shipping Merchant and Philanthropist.
Burrell had donated his vast Collection to the City
of Glasgow.
1998 - the National Trust for Scotland took over
the running of Pollok House.
2011 - Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald Baronetess,
died aged 105.
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