Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie
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II.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS TOR
MR GEORGE BAILLIE.
Mr Justice Thomas Burnet, young-
est son of Bishop Burnet, wrote an in-
scription for the front of the Monument
at Mellerstain, as followeth :
BUILT BY GEORGE BAILLIE OF JERVISWOOD,
AND LADY GRISELL BAILLIE,
A. D. 1736.
The pious parents rear'd this hallowed place,
A monument for them, and for their race.
Descendants, be it your successive cares,
That no degenerate dust ere mix with their's *.
* These lines are ascribed to W. Hamilton of Bangour, in
the collection of his Poems printed at Edinburgh, 1 760 ; in
which they are entitled, " Epitaph on Mr Baillie of Jervis-
wood."
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS TOR
MR GEORGE BAILLIE.
Mr Justice Thomas Burnet, young-
est son of Bishop Burnet, wrote an in-
scription for the front of the Monument
at Mellerstain, as followeth :
BUILT BY GEORGE BAILLIE OF JERVISWOOD,
AND LADY GRISELL BAILLIE,
A. D. 1736.
The pious parents rear'd this hallowed place,
A monument for them, and for their race.
Descendants, be it your successive cares,
That no degenerate dust ere mix with their's *.
* These lines are ascribed to W. Hamilton of Bangour, in
the collection of his Poems printed at Edinburgh, 1 760 ; in
which they are entitled, " Epitaph on Mr Baillie of Jervis-
wood."
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| Histories of Scottish families > Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie > (135) Page 117 |
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| Description | By their daughter, Lady Murray of Stanhope. Edinburgh : [Printed by John Pillans], 1822. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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