Sir John Maxwell of Nether Pollok (1648–1732), also known by his judicial title Lord Pollok was a Scottish politician and lawyer. He was the son of Sir George Maxwell of Auldhouse and Pollok and Annabella Stewart. He trained as a lawyer and became a Privy Counsellor. He was made a baronet in 1682, of Pollok in the County of Renfrew (now Pollokshaws in Glasgow) and was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1691 to 1718. He was a Treasury Lord Commissioner in 1696 and 1698 and a Shire Commissioner for Renfrewshire in the Parliament of Scotland for 1689–93, 1695–96 and 1698–99.