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MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Cranford/Holland): AABB' (Kerr). Given the melody's first appearance in musician and dancing master Biography:Joseph Lowe's (1797–1866) Collection (1844–45), it is likely that the tune refers to Archibald William Douglas (1818–1858), 7th Marquis of Queensbury, educated at Eton, who was a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards, then MP for Dumfries-shire. He died while rabbit hunting when his gun exploded (although some say he was a suicide). The next Marquis of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), endorsed a codification of boxing rules in 1867 for both amateur and professional matches. "The Marquis of Queensbury" has been a popular tune among Cape Breton fiddlers.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 72, p. 29. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 81, p. 11. Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4), 1844; p. 18. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 63.

Recorded sources:

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]

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-'''MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY.''' Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Cranford/Holland): AABB' (Kerr). Given the melody's first appearance in musician and dancing master [[Biography:Joseph Lowe]]'s (1797—1866) Collection (1844-45), it is likely that the tune refers to Archibald William Douglas (1818-1858), 7th Marquis of Queensbury, educated at Eton, who was a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards, then MP for Dumfries-shire. He died while rabbit hunting when his gun exploded (although some say he was a suicide). The next Marquis of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas (1844-1900), endorsed a codification of boxing rules in 1867 for both amateur and professional matches. "The Marquis of Queensbury" has been a popular tune among Cape Breton fiddlers.
+'''MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY.''' Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Cranford/Holland): AABB' (Kerr). Given the melody's first appearance in musician and dancing master [[Biography:Joseph Lowe]]'s (1797–1866) Collection (1844–45), it is likely that the tune refers to Archibald William Douglas (1818–1858), 7th Marquis of Queensbury, educated at Eton, who was a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards, then MP for Dumfries-shire. He died while rabbit hunting when his gun exploded (although some say he was a suicide). The next Marquis of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), endorsed a codification of boxing rules in 1867 for both amateur and professional matches. "The Marquis of Queensbury" has been a popular tune among Cape Breton fiddlers.
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-''Printed sources'': Cranford ('''Jerry Holland: The Second Collection'''), 2000; No. 72, p. 29. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 2; No. 81, p. 11. Lowe ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs'''), c. 1844-1845. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 63.
+''Printed sources'': Cranford ('''Jerry Holland: The Second Collection'''), 2000; No. 72, p. 29. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 2; No. 81, p. 11. '''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4'''), 1844; p. 18. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 63.
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