Annotation:Lady Dunbar of Northfield's Favorite
X:1 T:Lady Dunbar of Northfield’s Favorite C:Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderato" B:James Taylor – A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a B:Set of Scots Quadrilles (Elgin, c. 1835, p. 1) N:”Most respectfully dedicated to Lady Dunbar of Northfield.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb (B/c/)|d>cB B>GF|F>GF FDB,|d>cB f<dB|(d<c)c ~c2 (B/c/)| d>cB B>GF |F>GF FDB,|B,>fd c>Bc|(d<B)B B2:| |:(F/>E/)|D>FG B>cd|c>Bc dBG|F>GF FDB,|(D>C)C C2 (F/>E/)| D>FG B>cd|c>Bc dBG|F<fd c>Bc|(d<B)B B2:|]
LADY DUNBAR OF NORTHFIELD'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig "Lady Dunbar of Northfield's Favorite" was composed by her husband, biography:Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847), Sixth Baronet Dunbar of Northfield, Convener of the county of Elgin, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Local Militia. Archibald was married twice, first to Helen Penuel Cumming (1777-1819) and latterly to Mary Brander (c. 1790-1869) of the large estate of Pitgaveny. Given the dates of death of Archibald's wives, it is undoubtedly Mary (who married him in 1822) to whom the jig's title refers. She evidently brought money to the marriage, but since Pitgaveny was inherited to male heirs of the family it was not until 1854 that she regained control of the estate (on the death of her brother). She then (re-)assumed the name of Brander and was known as Lady Dunbar-Brander.
The tune was printed by James Taylor, a teacher of music and dancing in Elgin, Moray, along with eleven other compositions by Sir Archibald. Taylor dedicated his volume, published in Elgin around 1835, to Lady Dunbar, and this tune has pride of place as the first tune of the volume.
