Background
He was taken prisoner at the 1st Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. Married Dame Anne Musgrave, daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave, 2nd Baronet and Dorothy James, on 1 September 1720 at Aspartria, Cumberland, England.
He was taken prisoner at the 1st Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. Married Dame Anne Musgrave, daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave, 2nd Baronet and Dorothy James, on 1 September 1720 at Aspartria, Cumberland, England.
He fathered at least two illegitimate children. Grierson was a Commissioner of Supply in 1704. After his involvement in the 1715 Jacobite Uprising he was pardoned in 1724.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Grierson, of Lag, company
Dumfries on the death of his father Sir Robert Grierson in 1733. Grierson died in 1760 and was buried at Dunscore Parish Kirkyard.
He was succeeded by his younger brother"s son, Sir Robert Grierson, 3rd Baronet, of Lag, born c. 1700, died childless in 1764.
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He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dumfries-shire from 1709 to February 1711.