Robert Pollock (principal)

Robert Pollock (1709–1759) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as principal of Marischal College in Aberdeen from 1757 to 1759.

He trained as a Church of Scotland minister he was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in November 1732 but took several years to find a patron.

[2] In August of the same year he took on the additional role of Professor of Divinity at Marischal College.

In April 1757 he succeeded Rev Dr Thomas Blackwell as Principal of Marishal College.

They had several children:[1] Joint portraits of Pollock and his wife (artist unknown) are held by the University of Aberdeen.