Grierson Baronets

The Grierson Baronetcy, of Lag in the County of Dumfries, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. which presently has no claimant. It was created on 25th March, 1685 for Robert Grierson, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries and notorious persecutors of the Covenanters, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. The second Baronet represented Dumfriesshire in the British House of Commons. The fourth Baronet took part in the 1st Jacobite rising of 1715, and was captured & taken prisoner with his older brother, Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet.

Grierson Baronets, of Lag (1685)

*Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (b. c. 1657 - d. 29th December, 1733, Dumfries-shire),
*Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet (b. c. 1675 - d. 1760, Mouswald),
*Sir Robert Grierson, 3rd Baronet (b. c. 1700 - d. 1765, Dumfries-shire),
*Sir Gilbert Grierson, 4th Baronet (b. c. 1680 - d. 7th February, 1766, Dalkeith),
*Sir Robert Grierson, 5th Baronet (b. c. 1733 - d. 8th August, 1839, Mouswald, aged 106 years),
*Sir Alexander Gilbert Grierson, 6th Baronet (b. 10th March, 1777 - d. 14th March, 1840, Mouswald),
*Sir Richard Grierson, 7th Baronet (b. c. 1804 - d. 5th May, 1846, Mouswald),
*Sir Alexander William Grierson, 8th Baronet (b. c. 1806 - d. 27th December, 1879, Southsea, Hants, England),
*Sir Alexander Davidson Grierson, 9th Baronet (b. 30th November, 1858 - d. 1st April, 1912, London),
*Sir Robert Gilbert White Grierson, 10th Baronet (b. 27th September, 1883 - d. 16th June, 1957, England),
*Sir Richard Douglas Grierson, 11th Baronet (b. 25th June, 1912 - d. 5th May, 1987, England),
*Sir Michael John Bewes Grierson, 12th Baronet (b. 24th June, 1921 - d. 24th March, 2008, London).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
*Grierson, David Alan, 1960 (aka Lyon) in his: The Baronets of Lag & Rockhall, 2008