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The eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Hume (or Home) of Polwarth, afterwards earl of Marchmont, she was born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire. When she was twelve years old she carried letters from her father to the Scottish patriot, Robert Baillie of Jerviswood, who was then in prison. Home's friendship for Baillie made him a suspected man, and the king's troops occupied Redbraes Castle. He remained in hiding for some time in a churchyard, where his daughter kept him supplied with food, but on hearing of the execution of Baillie (1684) he fled to the United Provinces, where his family soon after joined him. They returned to Scotland after the Glorious Revolution. Polwarth sheep were developed in Australia, they are named after a region of Victoria State. ... The title Lord Polwarth, of Polwarth in the County of Berwick, was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1690 for Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet. ... Berwickshire (Siorrachd Bhearaig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland, on the border with England. ... Robert Baillie (d. ... James VII and II (14 October 1633–16 September 1701) became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 6 February 1685. ... This article is about the Dutch United Provinces. ... The term Glorious Revolution refers to the generally popular overthrow of James II of England in 1688. ...

In 1692 Lady Grizel married George Baillie, son of the patriot. She had two daughters, Grizel, who married Sir Alexander Murray of Stanhope, and Rachel, Lady Binning. Lady Murray had in her possession a manuscript of her mother's in prose and verse. Some of the songs had been printed in Allan Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany. "And werena my heart light I wad dee," the most famous of Lady Grizel's Scots songs, originally appeared in Orpheus Caledonius (1725). Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Allan Ramsay can refer to more than one person. ... Scots (or Lallans, meaning Lowlands), often Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic of the Highlands, is used in Scotland, as well as parts of Northern Ireland and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or Ullans but by...

See also

• Scottish literature