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Grierson Baronets
The Grierson Baronetcy, of Lag in the County of Dumfries, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 25 March 1685 for Robert Grierson, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries and notorious persecutor of the Covenanters, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. The baronets owned Lag Castle and Rockhall Tower. Grierson baronets, of Lag (1685) *Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (c. 1657 – 29 December 1733) *Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet (1677–1760) *Sir Robert Grierson, 3rd Baronet (1700 – December 1765) *Sir Gilbert Grierson, 4th Baronet (13 February 1698 – 7 February 1766) *Sir Robert Grierson, 5th Baronet (c.1738 – 8 August 1839) *Sir Alexander Gilbert Grierson, 6th Baronet (5 March 1777 – 14 March 1840) *Sir Richard Grierson, 7th Baronet (10 June 1803 – 5 May 1846) *Sir Alexander William Grierson, 8th Baronet (7 August 1806 – December 1879) *Sir Alexander Davidson Grierson, 9th Baronet (30 November 1858 – 1 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockhall Tower
Rockhall Tower, also known as Rockhall House or Rockhall Tower House, is a 16th-century tower house in Collin, Dumfries and Galloway. The castle originally belonged to Clan Kirkpatrick and later passed, through marriage, into Clan Grierson, becoming the home of the Grierson baronets. Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet lived here until his death in 1733. History A little over a kilometer away from the house are the remains of Rockhall Mote, a 12th-century motte and bailey castle. Near the mote there was a chapel that was built sometime in the 1200s, when the land was under the possession of William of Glencairn. At the end of the 13th-century, Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale granted the chapel to the Gisborough Priory. It is unknown the exact date of when the first tower was built at Rockhall, but the estate originally beclonged to the Clan Kirkpatrick of Closeburn. On 14 November 1412, Gilbert Grierson, 2nd Lord of Lag, married Isabel Kirkpatrick, the daughter of Sir Dun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of Nova Scotia
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet of Lag (1655 – 31 December 1733) was a Scottish baronet from Dunfries-shire. He is best remembered as a notorious persecutor of the Covenanters, particularly among the people of Galloway, and is still referred to by nickname, "Cruel Lag". The character of Sir Robert Redgauntlet of "Wandering Willie's Tale" in Sir Walter Scott's ''Redgauntlet'' is based on Grierson. Personal life Robert Grierson was born in 1655 at the farm of Barquhar, in Dumfries, Scotland. His parents were Laird William Grierson (1626-1666) of Barquhar, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, the 1st Tutor of Lag, and his wife, Margaret Douglas (b. 1633). His maternal grandfather was Sir James Douglas, of Mouswald, Dumfriesshire. The Griersons claimed descent from Malcolm MacGregor of Glenorchy. MacGregor was supposedly a key ally of Robert the Bruce, resulting in claims that Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney granted him the lands of Lag in Dumfriesshire in 1408.HendersonGrierson, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covenanter
Covenanters ( gd, Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from ''Covenant'', a biblical term for a bond or agreement with God. The origins of the movement lay in disputes with James VI, and his son Charles I over church structure and doctrine. In 1638, thousands of Scots signed the National Covenant, pledging to resist changes imposed by Charles on the kirk; following victory in the 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars, the Covenanters took control of Scotland and the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant brought them into the First English Civil War on the side of Parliament. Following his defeat in May 1646 Charles I surrendered to the Scots Covenanters, rather than Parliament. By doing so, he hoped to exploit divisions between Presbyterians, and English Independents. As a result, the Scots supported Charles in the 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1677 – 1760), of Rockhall, Lag, Dumfries, was a Scottish Jacobite and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1709 to 1711. He was captured and imprisoned in the 1715 Jabobite rebellion. Grierson was the eldest son of Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet and his wife Lady Henrietta Douglas. Grierson was a Scottish Commissioner of Supply in 1704. He stood unsuccessfully for Dumfriesshire as Queensberry's nominee at the 1708 British general election, but was returned as Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire at a by-election on 7 April 1709. At the 1710 British general election he was asked to stand down in favour of Hon. James Murray, but refused, and managed to regain the seat against Murray. However, he lost it on petition on 22 February 1711. Grierson accompanied Lord Kenmure in the Jacobite rising of 1715 on the expedition which ended in defeat at Preston. He was captured and imprisoned in Newgate prison and indicted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Grierson
Clan Grierson is a Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands Scottish Clan.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 152 – 153. History Origins of the Family The personal name Gregor comes from the Greek language, Greek for ''vigilant'', through its Latin translation of ''gregorious''. The name was popular amongst clergy in the Middle Ages. It is from this forename that the surname of Grierson has been claimed to be derived. It has been conjectured that the Grierson family come from the same stock as the Clan Gregor however there is no evidence to support such a claim. DNA has proved conclusively that the Griersons do not descend from the MacGregors, but despite this Grierson is recognized as a sept of Clan Gregor by the . The surname ''Grierson (name), Grierson'' is a modern spelling of the medieval (circa 1408) surname Grerson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dormant Baronetcies In The Baronetage Of Nova Scotia which lacks activity
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