Clan Grierson

Grierson Crest badge Crest: A fetterlock Argent Motto: Hoc securior Profile Region Lowlands District Dumfriesshire

Chief Sarah Grierson of Lag,[1] Chief of the Name and Arms of Grierson.[2] Historic seat Lag Tower

The name Grierson originates from the Scottish lowlands.

The surname Grierson is a modern spelling of the medieval (circa 1408) surname Grerson^[3]. Ancestry.com states that it is a patronymic form of the medieval Scottish personal name Grier which is a form of the personal name Gregory, but provides no source for this.^[4] The chiefly line, the Griersons of Lag, claim to be descended from Gilbert, second son of Malcolm, dominus of MacGregor who died in about 1374.^[5] However, Furguson claims there is no proof that the Griersons are descended from the MacGregors.^[6] The principal seat of the Griersons was Lag, which was obtained in about 1408.^[7] George Dunbar, Earl of March resigned the lands of Dalgarnock in Dumfriesshire to Gilbert Grierson of Lag sometime before 1418.^[8]

The current Chief of the name Grierson, and a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.^[9] is Sarah Grierson of Lag,^[10][11] the first female to hold this role in an unbroken line from the family of Grierson of Lag.

The crest badge of a clan member of the Griersons contains the Latin motto: HOC SECURIOR^[7] which may be translated as "Safer by This".

see also

• Grierson Baronets, of Lag

References

1. ^ clanchiefs.org
2. ^ burkespeerage.com
3. ^ Bannatyne Club: Registrum Honoris de Morton, Vol. I, Original Papers, p. 204, no. 216
4. ^ "Grierson Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Grierson-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 2008-04-22. ; see also "Grier Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Grier-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
5. ^ George F. Black; The Surnames of Scotland; 1946 New York Library; 1999 Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh; pp. 382
6. ^ George F. Black; The Surnames of Scotland; 1946 New York Library; 1999 Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh; pp. 382
7. ^ ^{a b} "Clan Grierson". Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs (clanchiefs.org). http://www.clanchiefs.org/p/?init=clanfinder&id=Grierson. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
8. ^ The Lag Charters 1400-1720, No 3, Scottish Record Society
9. ^ "The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs Members of the Standing Council". Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs (clanchiefs.org). http://www.clanchiefs.org/members.html. Retrieved 2010-12-02. 
10. ^ thegriersonfamily.com
11. ^ clanchiefs.org