Sir Michael GriersonRepresenter of the Baronial House of Lag
Representer of the Baronial House of Grierson of Lag (Sir Michael John Bewes Grierson of Lag, 12th Bt)
family were barons of Lag
died 2008 baronetcy dormant
Credentials
- • Lord Lyon recognised Sir Michael John Bewes Grierson of Lag, Bt, as Representer of the Baronial House of Grierson of Lag, matriculating arms with a blue chapeau at LO 73/1 on 15 July 1989 (Edinburgh Gazette, 5 December 1989, p. 2064). The blue chapeau marks the representer of a baronial family no longer in possession of the barony. It is not recognition as Baron of Lag, and the Roll does not style the representer as one. Sir Thomas Innes of Learney wrote that such a chapeau "descends to the 'heir and representative' of such 'baronial race'—who in the Continental sense is of course a 'Baron'" (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 79, p. 155), though not a baron in Scots law, the barony having passed with the land. See the glossary entry "Representer (of a House)" at baronage.com/scottish-baronies-expla…. The barony of Lag itself is a separate dignity; its present holder is listed on the Roll as Hamilton of Rockhall Baroness of Lag (entry 215).
- • Sir Michael John Bewes Grierson of Lag, 12th Bt, 24 July 1921 – 24 March 2008 (thepeerage.com/p22839.htm); the baronetcy has been dormant since his death (en.wikipedia.org/…/Grierson_baronets).
Authentication
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