“An Elegy in Memory of that Valiant Champion, Sir R. Grierson, Late Laird of Lag, Who died Dec. 23d, 1733”
Robert Grierson
(c1655 - 1733) was a local laird. He was responsible for
administering the law leading to the arrest and execution of many
Covenanters. Because of this he was hated by their supporters and
for generations afterwards.
Grierson was
immortalised by Walter Scott as Sir Robert Redgauntlet in his book
'Redgauntlet'.
This book was
collected by Dr Thomas Boyle Grierson for his museum in
Thornhill. Grierson may have bound this pamphlet as his
signature appears on the front pastedown and he has written the
title "Lag's Elegy" on the front cover.
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