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Grierson is a Dumfriesshire family whose ancestor Gilbert Grierson received a charter of the lands of Lag, among the monk lands of Melrose, dated 6 December 1408; the tower of Lag near Dunscore became the chiefs' seat and is now a ruin. The best-known Grierson is Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, created a baronet of Nova Scotia on 28 March 1685, Depute Sheriff of Dumfries and one of the leading persecutors of the Covenanters in the 1680s, whose story Sir Walter Scott used in Redgauntlet. COSCA lists Madam Sarah Grierson of Lag as Clan Chief; the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' published members list has no Grierson entry.
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The motto of Clan Grierson is Hoc Securior (More secure by this). It appears on the Clan Grierson crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Grierson productsGilbert Grierson receives a charter of the lands of Lag, 6 December[3]
Gilbert Grierson is armour-bearer to Archibald, Earl of Douglas[3]
Roger Grierson is wounded at Sauchieburn in June and dies soon after[3]
Roger Grierson, husband of Agnes Douglas, is killed at Flodden[3]
Robert Grierson of Lag is created a baronet of Nova Scotia, 28 March[3][2]
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COSCA lists Madam Sarah Grierson of Lag as Clan Chief. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' published members list has no separate Grierson entry.
Hoc Securior, Latin for 'More secure by this'. The plant badge is the bluebell.
Lag Tower near Dunscore, Dumfriesshire - a ruined tower said to date from the reign of James III, and a scheduled monument.
He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia on 28 March 1685 and served as Depute Sheriff of Dumfries, one of the leading persecutors of the Covenanters in the 1680s. Sir Walter Scott's Redgauntlet was based on his story.
The American Clan Gregor Society lists Grierson among its accepted MacGregor names, and Electric Scotland's older clan history traces the family to Gilbert, second son of Malcolm MacGregor, who died in 1374. That descent is traditional and is not independently documented.
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Clan DouglasGilbert Grierson was armour-bearer to the Earl of Douglas in 1410; Roger Grierson married Agnes Douglas of Drumlanrig.