**Update Jan 2020 – Since writing below in 2012, I’ve extensively re-visited this story and started in detail to make firm, definite connections. I hope to publish my findings later this year. I uphold that there are Presidential Links to this boy. In the middle of the 1700’s, a young Blantyre lad named William Pollock […]
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Reformation in Blantyre
In the 16th century, the Protestant reformation was sweeping Europe led by the likes of Martin Luther and the Scotsman John Knox, taught by Calvin, who has special significance for the Reformation in Scotland. Indeed Knox’s statue resides outside the Church of Scotland Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. It must be remembered that most of the […]