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Jane Grant of Grant was probably Lady Jane Ogilvy-Grant (1812-1861), born at Cullen House, Banffshire, the only daughter of Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield and his wife Mary Anne Ogilvy-Grant, Countess of Seafield. She became the wife of Dublin-born Lt. Gen. Sir Walter Forestier-Walker, KBC. However, at the time Donald Grant published his volume she was but a child of eight years. | Jane Grant of Grant was probably Lady Jane Ogilvy-Grant (1812-1861), born at Cullen House, Banffshire, the only daughter of Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield and his wife Mary Anne Ogilvy-Grant, Countess of Seafield. She became the wife of Dublin-born Lt. Gen. Sir Walter Forestier-Walker, KBC, who saw service in the Crimean War and afterwards. However, at the time Donald Grant published his volume she was but a child of eight years and still a young 'miss'. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Donald Grant ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.'''), 1820-21; p. 18. | |f_printed_sources=Donald Grant ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.'''), 1820-21; p. 18. | ||
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MISS JANE GRANT OF GRANT'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Jane Grant of Grant's Reel" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and included in hisCollection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.(1820-21). The volume was dedicated to Mrs. Colonel Grant of Grant Castle, and Donald named numerous tunes in the collection for members of the Grant family, extended relations and neighboring aristocracy.
Jane Grant of Grant was probably Lady Jane Ogilvy-Grant (1812-1861), born at Cullen House, Banffshire, the only daughter of Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield and his wife Mary Anne Ogilvy-Grant, Countess of Seafield. She became the wife of Dublin-born Lt. Gen. Sir Walter Forestier-Walker, KBC, who saw service in the Crimean War and afterwards. However, at the time Donald Grant published his volume she was but a child of eight years and still a young 'miss'.
