| 词条 | Alicia Ann Spottiswoode |
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Alicia Ann, Lady John Scott, (née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) (24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900) was a Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, were set. LifeShe was the oldest daughter of John Spottiswoode of Berwickshire and his wife Helen Wauchope of Niddrie-Mains. On 16 March 1836 she married Lord John Douglas Scott, a younger son of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and consequently was known as Lady John Scott.[1] Lord John Scott died in 1860. Under the will of her father, she resumed her maiden name Spottiswoode in 1866, and was sometimes known as Lady John Scott Spottiswoode.[2] Lady John Scott was a champion of traditional Scots language, history and culture, her motto being 'Haud [hold] fast by the past'.[2] "Annie Laurie" was published in 1838. Scott was born and died at Spottiswoode, Scottish Borders, in the former Berwickshire.[3] She died at Spottiswoode, Lauder, Berwickshire on 12 March 1900.[4] WorksSelected works include:
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References1. ^Preface by Margaret Warrender (March 1904) in [https://archive.org/stream/songsverses00scot#page/n0/mode/2up Songs and Verses] by Lady Jane Scott, Edinburgh: David Douglas, pp. i–lxiv 2. ^{{cite web|title=Lady John Scott|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/lady-john-scott|publisher=Scottish Poetry Library}} 3. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWwlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Scottish minstrel: the songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns|author=Rogers, Charles|accessdate=8 November 2010|page=447|year=1882}} 4. ^1 {{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary - Lady John Scott Spottiswoode| day_of_week=Wednesday |date=14 March 1900 |page_number=6 |issue=36089}} External links
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