Lady Grizel Baillie
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Lady Grizel Baillie | |
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 Engravin bi G. J. Stodart efter a portrait bi Maria Verelst at Mellerstain Hoose | |
| Born | 25 December 1665 Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire |
| Dee'd | 6 December 1746 (aged 80) Lunnon |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Thrift | songwriter |
| Notable wirk(s) | Were na my heart licht I wad die |
Lady Grizel Baillie (née Hume; 25 December 1665 – 6 December 1746) wis a Scots sangwriter.[1] She wis born at Redbraes Castle tae Sir Patrick Hume, later Earl o Marchmont an Grisell Ker.[1] Her maist kenspeckled sang wis "And werena my heart light I wad dee", that wis in William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius, or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs (1725)[2]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Ewan, Elizabeth, ed. (2017). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 23. ISBN 9781474436298. OCLC 1057237368.
- ↑ "Chisholm, Hugh, (22 Feb. 1866–29 Sept. 1924), Editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica (10th, 11th and 12th editions)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 17 Januar 2022
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