Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet

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Sir
John Stirling-Maxwell
Bt, KT, MP
File:John Stirling Maxwell2.jpg
Stirling-Maxwell in 1895
Member of Parliament for the College Division of Glasgow
In office
1895–1906
Preceded by Sir Charles Cameron
Succeeded by Henry Anderson Watt
Personal details
Born John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell
(1866-06-06)6 June 1866
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Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Ann Christian Maxwell
Children Anne Maxwell Macdonald, 11th Baronet
Alma mater Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge

Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet, of Pollok, KT (6 June 1866 – 30 May 1956) was a Scottish Tory politician and philanthropist.

Biograph

The eldest son of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet and Lady Anna Maria Leslie-Melville, second daughter of David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven and Elizabeth Anne Campbell, he was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1878.

He was Conservative Member of Parliament for the College Division of Glasgow between 1895 and 1906, and later served as Chairman of the Forestry Commission from 1929[2]–1932.[3] He was also Chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland,[4] and a Trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland,[5] Chairman of Ancient Monuments Board. He was a Lieutenant[6] in the Royal Company of Archers and an active Freemason.

He was a founder member of the National Trust for Scotland (1931), becoming one of its first Vice-Presidents and President from 1943 until his death. He realised the importance of green spaces within a city. In this context, he was determined to protect the Pollok Estate and give the people of Glasgow access to it, which he undertook in 1911.

Stirling Maxwell was also involved in trying to resolve the protracted problem of finding a home for the art treasures presented to Glasgow in 1944 by Sir William Burrell. After his death, his daughter gave Pollok House, a substantial proportion of the estate and her father's art collection to the Glasgow Corporation. This gift of land eventually allowed the Glasgow city fathers to erect a building to hold the Burrell Collection.

In 1929 he was appointed a Knight of the Thistle.[7] He held the honorary degree of LLD from the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and Edinburgh University. Hon. RSA; Hon. RIBA; Hon. RWS; Hon. RSW and a DL. Sir John and Lady Stirling-Maxwell were both elected Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902.[8]

Family

In 1901 he married Ann Christian Maxwell, daughter of The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet. The couple had one daughter, Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, 11th Baronet.

Notes

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  4. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 14368. pp. 989–989. 26 August 1927. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 14858. pp. 267–267. 1 April 1932. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  6. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 15286. pp. 460–460. 29 May 1936. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33505. pp. 43858–3858. 11 June 1929. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Court Circular" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 May 1902. (36773), p. 9.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Glasgow College
1895–1906		 Succeeded by
Henry Anderson Watt
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Baronet
(of Pollok)
1878–1956		 Succeeded by
Anne Maxwell Macdonald
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