The Grierson Baronetcy, of Lag in the County of Dumfries, is a dormant title in the

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 ...

. 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 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, becom ...

Grierson baronets, of Lag (1685)

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 referr ...

(c. 1657 – 29 December 1733) *

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. Grie ...

(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 April 1912) *Sir Robert Gilbert White Grierson, 10th Baronet (27 September 1883 – 16 June 1957) *Sir Richard Douglas Grierson, 11th Baronet (25 June 1912 – 5 May 1987) *Sir Michael John Bewes Grierson, 12th Baronet (24 July 1921 – 24 March 2008) ''The baronetcy is considered dormant.''

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Dormant baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia 1685 establishments in Nova Scotia

Grierson baronets, of Lag (1685)

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