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T:Duchess of Buccleugh’s Reel [2], The
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N:The volume was dedicated to the Highland Society of Scotland
B:Duncan McKercher – A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels (Edinburgh, c. 1830, p. 18)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUGH'S REEL [2], THE. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch married Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne [1] (1811–1895), daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and the Honourable Isabella Elizabeth Byng, on 13 August, 1829, at St George's church, Hanover Square, London. The couple had four sons and three daughters. From 1841 to 1846, the Duchess of Buccleuch served as the Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria as a member of Robert Peel's ministry. Her husband, a staunch Conservative, also served in Peel's ministry, and the Duchess used the connection to gain patronage for her brothers. The Duchess of Buccleuch and Queen Victoria were lifelong friends, and the latter considered the Duchess to be “an agreeable, sensible, clever little person.” She and the Queen remained lifelong friends, with the latter serving as godmother to Charlotte's daughter Lady Victoria. Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch, and her daughter Lady Victoria.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Duncan McKercher (A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels), Edinburgh, c. 1830; p. 18.
