Historian with a special interest in Scotland.

Contributor to the magazines "Scottish Field", "Kist" and other publications.
Mary McGrigor was born in London but spent most of her childhood in Stirlingshire growing up in Duntreath, a 15th-century Scottish castle which inspired her love of history. Her interest in literature was fostered by the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson, with whom she still empathises today. Married aged twenty to Sir Charles McGrigor she 'followed the drum' for many years until he retired and they settled down with their three young children on a sheep farm beside Loch Awe in Argyll.

Falling in love with the country her first two books were local histories - The History of South Lochaweside, followed by Dalmally and the Glens.
Then came Argyll - Land of Blood & Beauty; Grass Will Not Grow On My Grave, the story of 'the Appin Murder'; and Rob Roy's Country.

The Scalpel & The Sword, an edited version of the autobiography of Sir James McGrigor, 'Father of the R.A.M.C', was published in 2000. These have been recently followed by Defiant & Dismasted - the life and times of Sir William Hargood, Wellington's Spies, Paths of the Pilgrims and most recently Anna, Countess of the Convenant.

Revised and Updated with Additions, Illustrations and Family Trees
by Mary McGrigor, F.S.A. Scot.
Published 1996.

Printed by Harlequin Press, Oban