1657 - 1733 (76 years)
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Name |
Robert (1st Bt of Lag) Grierson |
Prefix |
Sir |
Birth |
1657 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
29th December, 1733 |
Burial |
31 Dec 1733 |
Dunscore Parish Church, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Person ID |
I160924 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Father |
William (Laird of Barquhar) Grierson, b. Abt 1626 d. 1661 (Age ~ 35 years) |
Mother |
Margaret Douglas, b. 1633 d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
1654 |
Mouswald |
- A contract of marriage was entered into at Mouswald on 26th June, 1654 between William Grierson of Barrowharr (Barquhar), brother of (Sir) John Grierson of Lag (died 26th February, 1658), Knight, & MARGARET DOUGLAS, born 1633 (eldest daughter) of James Douglas of Mouswald. (Dumfries Court Commissary Deeds ~ September, 1675 ~ Tack ~ William Grierson, of Barrwhar, Tutor of Lag, to James Watson, of Collin ~ 26th October, 1658.) William Grierson, Laird of Barquhar in Kirkcudbright, born c1626; died after 6th December, 1665.
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Family ID |
F63744 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Lady Henrietta Douglas, b. Abt 1640 d. Yes, date unknown |
Children |
| 1. Sir William (2nd Baronet of Lag) Grierson, b. 1677 d. 1760 (Age 83 years) |
| 2. James (of Capenoch) Grierson, b. Abt 1679 d. Apr 1721 (Age ~ 42 years) |
| 3. John (of Dalgoner) Grierson, b. Abt 1685 d. 16th March, 1730 (Age ~ 45 years) |
| 4. Unknown Grierson, b. Abt 1691 d. 26 Sep 1691 (Age ~ 0 years) |
| 5. Sir Gilbert (4th Baronet of Lag) Grierson, b. Abt 1692, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d. 7th February, 1766 (Age ~ 74 years) |
| 6. Jane Grierson, b. Abt 1692 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Henrietta Grierson, b. Bef 1715 d. 1720 (Age ~ 5 years) |
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Family ID |
F58435 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- Sir Robert Grierson, "Auld Lagg" was born at the farm of Barquhar, 1st or eldest surviving son of the 1st Tutor of Lag, William Grierson (c. 1626-after 6 December, 1665), the Laird of Barquhar, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and his wife, Margaret Douglas (b. c. 1633), the daughter of Sir James Douglas, of Mouswald, Dumfries-shire. He was for some years Steward of Kirkcudbright and in 1685 he was created a Baronet, of Lag, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, and awarded a pension. He was the 13th lineal Chief of Clan Grierson. He is best remembered as a notorious persecutor of the Covenanters, particularly among the people of Galloway, and is still referred to as Cruel Lag. The character of Sir Robert Redgauntlet of Wandering Willie's tale in Sir Walter Scott's Redgauntlet is based on Grierson.
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