Annotation:Lady Harriet Suttie's Strathspey
X:1 T:Lady Harriet Suttie's Strathspey M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey 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. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin F|E>E B>E G/F/E/D/ ~B,2|G>FG>B DFAd|E>E B>E G/F/E/D/ B,>E| B>B^d>B [G2e2][Ge]:|f|e>eb>e g/f/e/d/ B2|d^cdf D>EF>d| BE b>e g/f/e/d/ B>e|B>B^d>B e2 e>f|e>eb>e g/f/e/d/ ~B2| dcdf D>EF>A|B>B g2 affb|g>e g/f/e/^d/ [G2e2][Ge]||
LADY HARRIET SUTTIE'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Lady Harriet Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas (1803-1858) was the 6th daughter of Francis Charteris, Earl of Wemyss (Lord Elcho) and Margaret Campbell, Esq. She married in 1829 to Sir George Grant-Suttie, 5th Bart (b. 1797). The couple lived on the estate of Prestongrange, Haddingtonshire, and had four sons and two daughters.