Scottish clan
Clan Pollock |
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Crest: A boar passant shot through with a dart Proper |
Motto | Audacter et Strenue (Boldly and strongly) |
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Region | Lowlands |
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District | Renfrewshire |
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Founder | Fulbert de Pulloc |
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Clan Pollock no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan |
Historic seat | Pollok Castle |
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Last Chief | Sir Robert Pollok, 2nd Baronet (died 1783) |
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Septs of Clan Pollock
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Pogue, Polk, Pollok, Pollack, Polloke, Pollick, Polloch, Pook, Pooke, Poock, Polke, Paulk, Poalk, Poalke,
Poulk, Poole, Pogue, Poag, Poage, Poague, Poak
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Clan Pollock is an armigerous Scottish clan whose origin lies in a grant of land on the southern bank of the River Clyde, courtesy of King David I, to the sons of Fulbert from Walter fitz Alan, the 1st High Steward of Scotland, in the 12th century. It is among the oldest recorded surnames in Scotland.[1] The clan is a sept of Clan Maxwell.
- ^ Crawford, George (1710). General Description of the Shire of Renfrew, Including an Account of the Noble and Ancient Families.