Arthur Pollock, of Grangemouth and Glasgow

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence-Occupant: 1830s, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; Broom House
• Occupation: Renfrewshire, Scotland; Partner in Pollok Gilmour & Company
• Residence: Grangemouth, Sterlingshire, Scotland
• Residence: Lismanny House, County Galway, Ireland; Irish Estate
• _UID: 0081A18B30C34E4B8A75E69B72EC8809A84F
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Scotland - Broome House
• Residence-Occupant: 1851, Broom Estate, Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Broome Estate

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Christened:
POLLOCK
ARTHUR
THOMAS POLLOCK/JANET WILSON FR29 (FR29)
M
31/12/1780
571/
10 24
Mearns

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Role: Occupant
Broom House
Broom house was built in the 1830s by John and Arthur Pollok of Pollok, Gilmour Ltd, a firm established by Allan Gilmour and the Pollok brothers in 1804.

The partners first traded in timber with the Baltic, Scandinavia and Russia and later developed a thriving lumber industry in eastern Canada where, by the mid 1830s, they employed 5,000 men and were said to own over 130 ships, the largest fleet of wooden hulled ships in the world.

The house is now used as a private school, Belmont House.

Residence:
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Pollok (Lismany) - At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok was the owner of considerable property in various parts of east county Galway. He was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Donanaghta and Kilquain, barony of Longford as well as in Ahascragh, barony of Clonmacnowen. Pollok was originally from Scotland and had purchased extensive estates in county Galway in the Encumbered Estates Court in the early 1850s, including the two Burke estates of Glinsk and Creggs in the parishes of Ballynakill and Kilbegnet, barony of Ballymoe. A large portion of the Burke estate was sold to Allen Dowell in 1813 for ?30,000. Edmund Dowell sold his estate of 4,401 acres in 1851. It was purchased by Pollok who also bought portions of the West, St.George, Bisset, Eyre and Daly estates in the barony of Longford. Pollok's main residence was at Lismany, near Ballinasloe. In the 1870s he is recorded as holding over 29,000 acres in county Galway as well as a small amount of property in county Dublin. In 1881 he was succeeded by his son John, who married a daughter of John C. R. Bingham, 4th Lord Clanmorris. John's representatives owned over 1000 acres of untenanted demesne land at Lismanny in 1906. They held over 500 acres of untenanted land in the Eyrecourt area as well as the houses at Ballynamuddagh and Cloghbrack.

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Role: Household Member


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Role: Occupant

Arthur married Barbara Thomson on 24 Apr 1820 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland. Barbara (daughter of William Thomson and Margaret Hall) was born in 1787 in St Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 28 Sep 1787 in St Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
THOMSON
BARBARA
ARTHUR POLLOK/FR2700 (FR2700)
24/04/1820
685/1
540 345
Edinburgh

1. Margaret Pollock was born on 3 May 1821 in Lochliboside Estate, Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 23 May 1821 in Falkirk Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 2 May 1866 in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland; was buried in Scotland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Balgray House
• _UID: CF5A6E417C5848FB85EEF6C963FA33D283CF

Notes:

Christened:
POLLOCK
THOMAS
ALLAN POLLOCK/
M
14/11/1731
572/
10 66
Neilston


Residence:
Balgray House
Balgray House in Newton Mearns, thought to have been built in the late 19th Century, is now a category 'B' listed building. It was one of the last of the Mearns "big houses", still standing in farmland on the western edge of the parish.

The house and lands of Balgray was an ancient inheritance of a family called Park. In 1603, Alexander Park alienated these lands to David Pollock of Lee. In 1684, James Pollock was the owner of Balgray and he was fined for supporting the Covenanters. Eventually Balgray was sold to Thomas Pollock who was a wealthy merchant from Glasgow and of a branch of the Pollock family descended from a younger brother of the family from the reign of Queen Mary. In 1818, Thomas Pollock owned the lands and it is known that at this time a small bleachfield was in business in Balgray, employing twenty people. However, by the early 1850s the business had closed. In 1831, the house was unoccupied and had been so for some time, it is not clear if this is the same house that stands today. In 1905, it was the property of James C Ferguson Pollock of Pollock Castle (Upper Pollock).

Thomas married Janet Wilson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 921F8209B3744831871DF8F302DA0E9AEF49

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• _UID: 1EB6F04EDE904DE1A9C176C3E363DB1688C6
• Occupation: 1707, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Farmer - Faside Farm purchased

Allan married Margaret Warnock about 1666. Margaret (daughter of Johne Warnock) was born in 1673 in Eaglesham Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 24 Aug 1673 in Eaglesham Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margrat Warnock
• _UID: 4B48CEAA83B0459A8B1170A08D45904F7A9F

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Christened:
WARNOCK
MARGRAT
JOHNE WARNOCK/
F
24/08/1673
561/
10 20
Eaglesham

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• _UID: 999ED23E967544CBA78F1732A5A977A84D18

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(Research):Arthurlie
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Arthurlie is an area of the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

History of Arthurlie
The lands of Arthurlie were held in medieval times by the Stewart family, a branch of the noble Stewarts of Darnley. Later the lands became the property of Allan Pollock, Esq. and remained in his family for several generations before being inherited by Gavin Ralston of Woodside in Beith.[1] The area has long been associated with the legends of King Arthur.[2] The name means 'Arthur's meadow.'[3] Arthurlie was a barony of considerable extent, however it eventually came to be purchased by Henry Dunlop Esq. in 1818 from Gavin Ralston, a distant relative.

The Dunlop family ran Gateside Cotton Mill under the name of James Dunlop & Son. The old house was torn down and Arthurlie House was erected with the old gardens extended and remodelled in 1818.[2] The estate remained in the hands of the Dunlop family until about 1938. It was a Mr. Charles Taylor who discovered the ancient Arthurlee Cross being used as a gatepost on the estate and persuaded Henry Dunlop to rescue it.[4]

This stone is a 10th - 11th century cross-shaft[6] made from a very hard and compact sandstone, and it now stands at NS 4997 5854, by the roadside, set in a modern rectangular base and protected by railings.

The cross measures 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) high, 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) wide, and 0.2 m (8 in) thick and is in good condition except that one face is badly worn. One side had an iron ring indented into it, almost flush with the surface, this being done during its time when it was being used as a gate post after it was no longer used as a bridge.[5] In the 1857 Name Book[7] it was believed that its original site had been at NS 4968 5813 in a field called Cross-stane-park.[8] In 1795 it was acting as a footbridge over a stream in the Colinbar Glen area at the bottom of the Cross-stane-park (NS 497 580).[9] It stayed there long enough to be worn smooth on one face; it was seen by the OS surveyor in 1857

In approximately 1870 it was erected in the grounds of Arthurlee House at NS 4979 5814 as shown in the photograph. Sometime prior to 1942 it was moved yet again by Barrhead Council to its present position.

The stone is said to be associated with Arthur, King of the Britons. Locally it was said to mark Arthur's grave or a conspicuous leader of that name.[2]

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• _UID: 4191393EB55C4ECEAEC016AC3F34F3788413