"The last of a historic Scottish family," Inverness Courier, March 20, 1908, p. 3a-b.   "News has been received in Edinburgh of the death of Katherine Skene or Grierson, last survivor of the family of Sir James Skene, of Rubislaw, at the advanced age of 92 years, having been born in May 1815. Her father was an intimate friend of Sir Walter Scott. One of her brothers was Mr William Forbes Skene, Historiographer Royal for Scotland. who died in 1892. Another brother was Mr James Henry Skene, who was associated with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe in the Crimea, and who was for a time in the diplomatic service in Constantnople. One of her sisters, who died a few years ago, was Felicia Skene, a well-known philanthropist and authoress, who lived in Oxford, and devoted her life largely to the improvement of the prisoners in the jail there. Mr James Skene, of Rubislaw, married a daughter of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo. Both families occupied prominent social positions in Scotland. Mrs Grierson in her young days lived in Edinburgh for a time, and was intimately acquainted with all the Edinburgh society of that day. She had a wonderfully retentive memory, and it was extremely interesting to hear her talk about the old time, Her husband was Mr John Foster Grierson, who held the office of Queen's Printer in Ireland, who died many years ago. Mrs. Grierson is survived by an only son, Mr. Thornton Skene Grierson, who is an Eastern merchant in London."