Annotation:Miss Grant of Grant's Strathspey (1)
X:1 T:Miss Grant of Grant's Strathspey [1] C:Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:James Taylor – A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles (Elgin, c. 1835, p. 3) N:”Most respectfully dedicated to Lady Dunbar of Northfield.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F2|(Bcd2)dc3 B3GG2B2|F2B2 GFED D3CC2F2|(Bcd2)d2c2 B3GG2B2|F3BD3d c4B2:| g2|fd3b3f g3fdf3|g3b gfed c3Bc2d2|fd3b3f g3fd2f2|g3b gfed ~c4 (Bg3)| fd3b3f g3fd2f2|g3b gfed c3Bc2d2|B3cd2B2 c3GB3F|GB3 GFED C4B,2||
MISS GRANT OF GRANT'S STRATHSPEY [1]. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Grant of Grant's Strathspey" was composed by biography:Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847) of Northfield, Elgin. Dunbar married Helen Cumming-Gordon who was the daughter of Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon of Alytre and his wife, Helen Grant. His mother-in-law Helen was the daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant.
Grant of Grant was an aristocratic family in the north of Scotland. Dunbar's strathspey was probably for one of the daughters of Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Bart., and his wife Jean Duff. James Taylor also included in his c. 1835 volume one of his own compositions for one of the Grant of Grant daughters, "Lady Penuel Grant's Strathspey". Lady Penuel was the only surviving daughter of James and Jean around the time of Taylor's publication, and included:
- Anne Margaret (1764-1827) -- died unmarried
- Margaret (1772-1830) -- wife of Major General Francis Stuart of Lesmurdie
- Jane (1774-1819) -- died unmarried
- Penuel (1779-1844) -- died unmarried
- Christina Theresa (1781-1793)
- Magdalen (living in 1796) -- unmarried
- Mary Sophia (1788) -- childbirth death
It is possible Taylor's title "Miss Grant of Grant's" may refer to one of the the children of their sons Lewis Alexander Grant-Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Seafield (1767-1840), or his brother, Colonel Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield (1778-1853).
