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.[2]

Grierson baronets
Crest	A lock as in the arms.
Blazon	Gules on a fess Or between three quadrangular locks (or fetterlocks) Argent a mullet Azure.
Motto	Hoc Securior [1]

Grierson baronets, of Lag (1685)

• Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (c. 1657–1733)
• Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet (d. 1760)
• Sir Robert Grierson, 3rd Baronet (d. 1765)
• Sir Gilbert Grierson, 4th Baronet (d. 1766)
• Sir Robert Grierson, Baronet (c.1738–1839)
• Sir Alexander Gilbert Grierson, Baronet (1777–1840)
• Sir Richard Grierson, Baronet (1803-d. 1846)
• Sir Alexander William Grierson, Baronet (1806-d. 1879)
• Sir Alexander Davidson Grierson, Baronet (1858–1912)
• Sir Robert Gilbert White Grierson, Baronet (1883–1957)
• Sir Richard Douglas Grierson, Baronet (1912–1987)
• Sir Michael John Bewes Grierson, Baronet (1921–2008[3])

The baronetcy is considered dormant.[4]

See also

• Clan Grierson

References

1. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Volume 1). 1832.
2. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665-1707), 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
3. "Michael John Bewes Grierson Obituary". The Times. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
4. "Official Roll of the Baronetage (as at 31st July 2017)". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets