Greig (Russian nobility)
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| Parent house | Clan Gregor |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Motto | Strike Sure |
The Greig family (Russian: Грейг) is the name of a Russian noble family of Scottish origin. They are a branch of Clan Gregor, that changed their name due to the proscription of the name MacGregor in 1603 by King James VI & I.
Notable members
[edit]- Samuel Greig (Russian: Самуи́л Ка́рлович Грейг), (1735, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland - 26 October 1788, Tallinn, Estonia, Russian Empire) was a Scottish-born Russian admiral who distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Hogland (1788). In 1782 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]
- Aleksey Samuilovich Greig (Russian: Алексей Самуилович Грейг) (6 September 1775 – 18 January 1845) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, was the son of Admiral Samuel Greig, brother-in-law of Mary Somerville.
- Alexey (5 September 1829—11 March 1865)[2]
- Samuil Alexseevich Greig (1827 — 1887) was a full general and adjutant general of Imperial Russian Army, also he served as State Comptroller (1874–1878) and Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire (1878 - 1880).
- Julia (5 September 1829—11 March 1865)
- Ivan (6 March 1831—15 September 1893)
- Vasili (10 March 1832—1902)
- Sarra (1833—1834)
- Eugenie (15 February 1835—16 February 1870).
- Aleksey Samuilovich Greig (Russian: Алексей Самуилович Грейг) (6 September 1775 – 18 January 1845) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, was the son of Admiral Samuel Greig, brother-in-law of Mary Somerville.
Honours
[edit]In 1864, Greigia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae is named after Samuel Greig,[3] by Eduard August von Regel (a director of the St Petersburg Botanical Garden).[4] In 1873, Regel named a species of Tulip after Samuel Greig, Tulipa greigii.[5] Due to Greig once being president of the Russian Horticultural Society.[6]
The atoll of Niau in French Polynesia was named Greig after Aleksey Greig, by Russian Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820.
References
[edit]- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 9 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Гаврилов И.В., Крыщенко С.В. (2012). "Потомки адмирала Грейга: николаевский след. Часть I." Николаевский Базар.
- ^ A. W. Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 176, at Google Books
- ^ "Greigia Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1864(Suppl.): 13 (1865)". kew.org. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Greig's Tulip 'Chopin'". paghat.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Tulipa greigii aurea". rareplants.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- В. Т. Судейкин (1890–1907). "Грейг, адмиралы и государственные деятели". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes) (in Russian). St. Petersburg: F. A. Brockhaus.