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Annotation:Lady Dalrymple
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LADY DALRYMPLE (North Berwick). AKA and see "Lady Hamilton Dalrymple." Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. An 18th century composition of Robert Mackintosh (c. 1745-1807), appearing in his Sixty eight new reels, strathspeys and quicksteps, also some slow pieces with variations for the violin and pianoforte, with a bass for the violoncello or harpsichord (Edinburgh, 1793, p. 7). "Paresis" is a related tune, as is "Sailors on Shore" and the Irish "Sailor's Return (1) (The)" and "Eileen Curran (1)." See also note under "annotation:Lady Hamilton Dalrymple, by which name the tune was printed in Edinburgh by the Gows (and in subsequent collections).
An earlier Mrs. Dalrymple (than Mackintosh's dedicatee) was murdered in London by a servant, Matthew Henderson, who was angry with his treatment after he had accidentally trod on her toe while serving his master, Hugh Dalrymple, Member of Parliament for North Berwick. The Mrs. held her tongue until Sir Hugh had left but then berated Henderson, who apologized, "but she gave him a blow on the ear, and declared that she would dismiss him from her service." Her temper apparently cooled, for Henderson remained at his job for some days, although he brooded over the insult and at last determined on revenge. Taking a cleaver from the kitchen, he entered Mrs. Dalrymple's bedchamber and dispatched the sleeping women, returning to her rooms after he had composed himself to rob her and escape. Henderson was caught, tried and executed in Oxford Street, February 25th, 1746. His ghost is said to haunt North Berwick House and the nearby kirkyard in Scotland.
