Greig (Russian nobility)

Greig (Russian: Грейг) is the name of a noble family of Scottish origin. They are a branch of Clan Gregor, that changed their name due to the proscription of MacGregor in 1603 by King James VI & I.

Greig
Parent house	Clan Gregor
Country	Russian Empire
Motto	Strike Sure

Notable members

• Samuel Greig (Russian: Самуи́л Ка́рлович Грейг), (1735, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland - 15 October 1788, Tallinn, Estonia, Russian Empire) was a Scottish-born Russian admiral who distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Hogland (1788). His son Alexey Greig also made a spectacular career in the Imperial Russian Navy. In 1782 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society [1]
  • Aleksey Samuilovich Greig (Russian: Алексей Самуилович Грейг) (6 September 1775 – 18 January 1845) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, was the son of Admiral Samuel Greig, brother-in-law of Mary Somerville.
    • Alexey (05.09.1829—11.03.1865)[2]
    • Samuil Alexseevich Greig (1827 — 1887) was a full general and adjutant general of Imperial Russian Army, also he served as State Comptroller (1874–1878) and Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire (1878 - 1880).
    • Julia (05.09.1829—11.03.1865)
    • Ivan (06.03.1831—15.09.1893)
    • Vasili (10.03.1832—1902)
    • Sarra (1833—1834)
    • Eugenie (15.02.1835—16.02.1870).

Honours

In 1864, Greigia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae is named after Samuel Greig,[3] by Eduard August von Regel (a director of the St Petersburg Botanical Garden).[4] Then in 1873, Regel named a species of Tulip after Samuel Greig, Tulipa greigii.[5] Due to Greig once being president of the Russian Horticultural Society.[6]

Atoll in French Polynesia Niau named Greig after Aleksey Greig by Russian Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820.

References

1. "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
2. Гаврилов И.В., Крыщенко С.В. (2012). "Потомки адмирала Грейга: николаевский след. Часть I." "Николаевский Базар".
3. A. W. Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 176, at Google Books
4. "Greigia Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1864(Suppl.): 13 (1865)". kew.org. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
5. "Greig's Tulip 'Chopin'". paghat.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
6. "Tulipa greigii aurea". rareplants.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

• В. Т. Судейкин (1890–1907). "Грейг, адмиралы и государственные деятели". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)