Alicia Scott, née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900) was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...

", to which the words of a 17th century poet, William Douglas

William Douglas

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, were set.

Biography

Alicia Scott was the oldest daughter of John Spottiswoode of Berwickshire

Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...

 and his wife Helen Wauchope of Niddrie-Mains. In 1836 she married Lord John Montague-Douglas Scott, a younger son of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch

Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch

Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch & 6th Duke of Queensberry, KT was the son of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Elizabeth Montagu...

, and consequently is alternatively known by her courtesy title of Lady John Douglas Scott. Lord Scott died in 1860.

"Annie Laurie" was published in 1838. Scott was born and died at Spottiswoode, Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...

, in the former Berwickshire

Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...

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Works

Selected works include:

• Annie Laurie
• Katherine Logie
• Lammermoor
• Shame on Ye, Gallants!
• Etterick
• Your Voices Are Not Hush'd
• The Foul Fords
• Duris-Deer
• "Think On Me"

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