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Elizabeth Grant (songwriter)
Elizabeth Grant (later Murray) (1745?–1814?) was a Scottish songwriter, from Carron, Speyside. She is best known as the writer of '' Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch''.Louis Stott, ‘Grant, Elizabeth (1745/6–1828)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200accessed 8 Sept 2015/ref> Life She was the daughter of "Lieutenant Joseph Grant, late of Colonel Montgomerie's regiment of highlanders", and was probably born about 1745, near Aberlour, on the Spey, Banffshire. She was married about 1763 to her cousin, Captain James Grant of Carron, near Elchies, on the Spey. Grant being unfortunate, sold Carron in 1786 or 1787 to Robert Grant of Wester Elchies, and in 1790 he died within Holyrood. Mrs. Grant was afterwards married to Dr. Murray, a Bath physician, and she died in Bath about 1814. A portrait of her was at Castle Grant. ''Roy's Wife'', Mrs. Grant's only known production, instantly became popular. Its allusions bear upon per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carron, Speyside
Carron ( gd, Carrann) is a small village on the north bank of the River Spey in Moray, Scotland. It was the site of an old distillery, the Imperial Distillery until the distillery closed in 1998 and was mothballed. In 2015, a new distillery, Dalmunach opened in the village. Carron had a station on the Strathspey Railway, until the line closed in the 1960s. The railway line has since become the Speyside Way The Speyside Way (Doric: '; gd, Slighe Shrath Spe) is a long-distance path in the Scottish Highlands. The route begins in Buckie and ends at Newtonmore, away. There is an optional spur leading off the main route to Tomintoul, adding and of as ... long-distance path. Notable people * Jack Richardson (1912–1990), cricketer References * Villages in Moray {{Moray-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
