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'''MR. OSWALD OF AUCHINCRUIVE'''. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Robert 'Red Rob' Mackintosh. During the 18th century the Ayrshire estate of Auchincruive was held by Richard Oswald, a London merchant and negotiator with the Americans at the close of the War for Independence. His trading empire included a majority interest in a slaving factory on Bance Island in the mouth of the River Sierra Leone. Upon his death in 1784 the estate passed to his son, Richard Alexander Oswald (1771-1822), who had been a government contractor during the same conflict. His wife, Lucy (Louisa) Oswald, whom he married in 1793, was a celebrated beauty. They had a son and daughter. Tragically, she died of tuberculosis in 1797 in Portugal. He later remarried, with no issue from the second union. See also note for “[[Miss Johnston of Hilton’s Fancy]]” for more.   
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''Source for notated version'': Douglas Lawrence (Scotland) [Hunter].  
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''Printed sources'': Hunter ('''Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 83.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Inver225, Pete Clark – “Macintosh at Murthly.” </font>
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