The British Musical Biography

[E] Scott, Lady John Douglas, born Alicia
Ann Spottiswoode, amateur composer.
Edest daughter of John Spottiswoode, of
Spottiswoode, Berwickshire. She was mar-
ried on March 16, 1836, to John Douglas
Scott, third son of the fourth Duke of Buc-
cleuch, who died on January 3, 1860. In
1870 she succeeded to the estate of Spottis-
woode, and, under terms of her father's will,
resumed her maiden name. Composer of a
number of Scots songs, among which may be
named Maxwelton braes are bonny .... Annie
Laurie, London [1847] ; Douglas; Durisdeer
(arranged by Eliz. Masson) ; Ettrick; Foul
fords ; Lammermoor ; Llother, oh, sing me
to rest ; Shame on ye, gallants, etc. The
first-named is by far the best known, and is,
indeed, one of the most popular of modern
Scottish melodies. It was first published
anonymously about 1846-47, and appeared
soon after in Wood's " Songs of Scotland,"
edited by G. F. Graham. The words used
are the more modern of two sets. The well-
known song, " By yon bonnie banks," or the
" Bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond," was noted
by Lady Scott from the singing of a boy in
the streets of Edinburgh, and was first printed
by Paterson and Sons about 1844, with an
accompaniment by Finlay Dun.

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