Note 8 — Front matter (continued 2)
Reading edition
His father was a seafaring man. In the Edinburgh Courant, 24th June, 1761, was the following notice: "The Thistle, Capt. Charles Greig, of Inverkeithing, bound for St. Petersburg, passed the Sound on the 6th instant." In Russia, the admiral bore the name of Samuel Carlovitch Greig (i.e. the son of Charles).