Annotation:Honorable Miss Charteris (The)

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 HONOURABLE MISS CHARTERIS, THE. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The Earls of Wemyss adopted the name Charteris (absorbing the ill-gotten gains of the infamous Colonel Charteris). The title may honor one of the daughters of Francis Wemyss Charteris, Lord Elcho (1749-1808) and Susan Tracy-Keck, whom he married in July 1771. The daughters were Susan, Augusta, Henrietta and Katherine.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 15 (3rd ed.). Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 105.  Recorded sources:

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