Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie
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III.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION FOR
LADY GRISELL BAILLIE.
Sir Thomas Burnet, one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,
and youngest son of Bishop Burnet,
wrote the following inscription for my
mother, which is engraved on marble,
on the left side of the Monument. He
knew her well, and would have said
much more, could the place have ad-
mitted of it, or had it been proper in a
thing of that kind.
Here Lietb
The Right Honourable Lady Grisell Baillie,
wife of George Paillie of Jerviswood, Esq.
eldest daughter
of the Right Honourable Patrick, Earl of Marchmont ;
a pattern to her sex, and an honour to her country.
She excelled in the characters of a daughter, a wife, a mother.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION FOR
LADY GRISELL BAILLIE.
Sir Thomas Burnet, one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,
and youngest son of Bishop Burnet,
wrote the following inscription for my
mother, which is engraved on marble,
on the left side of the Monument. He
knew her well, and would have said
much more, could the place have ad-
mitted of it, or had it been proper in a
thing of that kind.
Here Lietb
The Right Honourable Lady Grisell Baillie,
wife of George Paillie of Jerviswood, Esq.
eldest daughter
of the Right Honourable Patrick, Earl of Marchmont ;
a pattern to her sex, and an honour to her country.
She excelled in the characters of a daughter, a wife, a mother.
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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 > (139) Page 121 |
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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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