Legacy
The Scottish Historical Society published a four hundred page scholarly edition of the accounts in 1911. This edition was edited by Robert Scott-Moncrieff, and focused mainly on the entries from 1692 to 1718, which gives extensive details about the early years of the Baillies' marriage, the births and upbringing of their children and the marriages of their daughters. Historians have cited these accounts to demonstrate cost of goods and to provide evidence of what servants' caloric intake was during this period.
A great deal is known about George and Grisell Baillie's marriage and family thanks to the biography written by their daughter, Lady Grisell Murray of Stanhope. Although the biography was not intended for publication, it appeared in print in 1809 under the title, "Lady Murray's Narrative" in Observations on the Historical Work of the Right Honorable Charles James Fox.
Lady Grisell was also memorialized by Scottish poet Joanna Baillie, who claimed to be a distant relative, in a poem. The poem was first published in Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters in 1821.
Grisell died in London on 6 December 1746.
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