Haughton House, Alford, AberdeenshireMISS FARQUHARSON (of Haughton). Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Farquharson" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927). The presentHaughton House was built in 1791 and was the home of the Farquharsons, who owned two thirds of the parish of Alford. They bought the house and estate in the late 17th century, when the original, smaller Haughton House was situated by the River Don. The family added the main house, which wasn’t completed until 1854. The Farquharsons had six daughters, three of whom died in childhood. The other three never married and because this left no male heir, in 1925 Miss Elizabeth and Miss Ann Farquharson sold the house.
