Sir Robert (1st Bt of Lag) Grierson

1657 - 1733  (76 years)

• 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	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Mother	Margaret Douglas,   b. 1633   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F30782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  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. Henrietta Grierson,   b. Bef 1715   d. 1720 (Age 5 years)   4. Unknown Grierson,   b. Abt 1691   d. 26 Sep 1691 (Age 0 years)   5. John (of Dalgoner) Grierson,   b. Abt 1685   d. 16th March, 1730 (Age 45 years)   6. Sir Gilbert (4th Baronet of Lag) Grierson,   b. Abt 1692, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d. 7th February, 1766 (Age 74 years)   7. Jane Grierson,   b. Abt 1692   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.