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Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet — (1657 29 December 1733), was a Scottish baronet. Grierson was born at the farm of Barquhar, the son of William Grierson (c. 1626 after 6th December, 1665), of the farm of Barquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and his wife, Margaret Douglas (b. c.… … Wikipedia
Grierson Baronets — The Grierson Baronetcy, of Lag in the County of Dumfries, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. which presently has no claimant. It was created on 25th March, 1685 for Robert Grierson, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries … Wikipedia
Grierson — This is a famous Scottish surname which derives originally from the Barony of Lag, in Dumfriesshire. It is said that the Griersons trace their descent from Gilbert, the son of Malcolm, head of the Clan MacGregor. However there is no proof of this … Surnames reference
Craigdarroch — This article is about the Scottish house. For the Canadian mansion, see Craigdarroch Castle. Craigdarroch, An Accessory to Murder is an expansion set for the board game Kill Doctor Lucky Craigdarroch House 2005 Craigdarroch is the name of a house … Wikipedia
Moot hill — A moot hill or mons placiti (statute hill)[1] is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place. In early medieval Britain, such hills were used for moots , meetings of local people to settle local business. Among other things … Wikipedia
University of Edinburgh — Vorlage:Infobox Hochschule/Professoren fehlt Universität Edinburgh Motto Nec temere, nec timide … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tibeto-Burman languages — Introduction language group within the Sino Tibetan family (Sino Tibetan languages). At the end of the 20th century, Tibeto Burman languages were spoken by approximately 57 million people; countries that had more than 1 million Tibeto… … Universalium
Mouswald — MOUSWALD, a parish, in the county of Dumfries; containing, with the hamlets of Old Brocklehirst and Cleughbrae, 683 inhabitants, of whom 131 are in the village of Mouswald, 7 miles (E. S. E.) from Dumfries. The name of this parish was formerly … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Wigtown — It is not to be confused with the town in north west England called Wigton infobox UK place country = Scotland official name= Wigtown gaelic name= Baile na h Uige scots name= Wigtoun population= 987 (2001 Census) os grid reference= NX435555 map… … Wikipedia
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