Annotation:Miss McLeod of Colbeck (2)

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MISS McLEOD OF COLBECK [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Edinburgh musician and music publisher Biography:William Shepherd (c. 1750-1812). The tune is perhaps named for one of the five young daughters of Colonel John MacLeod of Colbeck, whose family wealth derived from shipbuilding, trading, and the Colbeck Estate Plantation and slave holdings on the island of Jamaica. In 1782 he married his first cousin, Jane (or Jean) Macleod, a daughter of John Macleod 10th or 11th Laird of Raasay (Western Isles). MacLeod raised a troop under and became Colonel of the Princess Charlotte of Wales or MacLeod Loyal Fencible Highlanders. He and his wife Jane were ranked among the “fashionables” in London, resi ked in Cheltenham, and were considered sociable hosts, with their “lovely amiable daughters”; Mrs. Colbeck was described by Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849) as "a very delightful musician and singer." John Colbeck died in 1823.

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Printed sources: Shepherd (A Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1793; p. 11.

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