Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Greig gravestone in the Churchyard at Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland. A beautiful Celtic Cross in memory of Thomas Grieg of Glencarse, who died 23rd of July 1884, aged 83.
Sir Samuel Greig, born 1735, died 1788, became Admiral of the Russian navy, by appointment of Tsarina Catherine the Great. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Greg, and dated around 1226, in the charters of the earldom of Morton, Scotland, during the reign of King Alexander.
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