See also:

• COCKBURN, ALICIA, or ALISON (1713-1994)
• COCKBURN, HENRY THOMAS (1779–1854)
• COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND
• COCKBURN, SIR GEORGE

COCKBURN, ALICIA, or See also:

• ALISON, ARCHIBALD (1757-1839)

ALISON (1713-1994)  , Scottish poet, authoress of one of the most exquisite of Scottish See also:

• BALLADS

ballads, the " See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

Flowers of the See also:

• FOREST

Forest," was the daughter of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• RUTHERFURD (or RUTHERFORD), SAMUEL (c. 1600-1661)

Rutherfurd of Fairnalee, See also:

• SELKIRKSHIRE

Selkirkshire, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1713 . There are two versions of this See also:

• SONG

song,—the one by Mrs See also:

• COCKBURN, ALICIA, or ALISON (1713-1994)
• COCKBURN, HENRY THOMAS (1779–1854)
• COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND
• COCKBURN, SIR GEORGE

Cockburn, the other by See also:

• JEAN

Jean Elliot (1727–1805) of See also:

• MINTO, EARLS OF
• MINTO, WILLIAM (1845-1893)

Minto . Both were founded on the remains of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Border ballad . Mrs Cockburn's—that beginning " I've seen the smiling of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

Fortune beguiling "—is said. to have been written before her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1731, though not published till 1765 . Anyhow, it was composed many years before Jean Elliot's See also:

• SISTER

sister verses, written in 1756, beginning, " I've heard them liltin' at our See also:

• EWE

ewe-milkin'." Robert See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

Chambers states that the ballad was written on the occasion of a See also:

• GREAT

great commerical disaster which ruined the fortunes of some Selkirkshire lairds . Later biographers, however, think it probable that it was written on the departure to See also:

• LONDON

London of a certain See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• AIKMAN, WILLIAM (1682-1731)

Aikman, between whom and See also:

• ALISON, ARCHIBALD (1757-1839)

Alison there appears to have been an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment . In 1731 Alison Rutherfurd was married to See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick Cockburn of Ormiston . After her marriage she knew all the intellectual and aristocratic celebritiesof her See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In the memorable See also:

• YEAR

year 1745 she vented her Whiggism in a See also:

• SQUIB

squib upon See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Charlie, and narrowly escaped being taken by the Highland guard as she was See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving through See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach of the Keiths of Ravelston, with the See also:

• PARODY (Gr. s-apybia, literally a song sung beside, a comic parallel)

parody in her See also:

• POCKET

pocket . Mrs Cockburn was an indefatigable See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter-writer and a composer of parodies, squibs, toasts and " See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character-sketches "—then a favourite See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition—like other wits of her day; but the " Flowers of the Forest " is the only thing she wrote that possesses great See also:

• LITERARY

literary merit . At her See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house on See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle-See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill, and afterwards in See also:

• CRICHTON, JAMES (156o-? 1582)

Crichton See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, she received many illustrious See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, among whom were See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie, Robert-son, See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume, See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home, See also:

• MONBODDO, JAMES BURNETT, LORD (1714-1799)

Monboddo, the Keiths of Ravelston, the Balcarres family and See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne See also:

• BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER (1809–1889)
• BARNARD, GEORGE GREY (1863— )
• BARNARD, HENRY (1811-1900)
• BARNARD, JOHN
• BARNARD, LADY ANNE (1750–1825)

Barnard, the authoress of " Auld See also:

• ROBIN

Robin See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray." As a Rutherfurd she was a connexion of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott's See also:

• MOTHER

mother, and was her intimate friend . See also:

• LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON (1794–1854)
• LOCKHART, QEORGE (1673-1731)
• LOCKHART, SIR WILLIAM STEPHEN ALEXANDER (1841–1900)

Lockhart quotes a letter written by Mrs Cockburn in 1777, describing the conduct of little Walter Scott, then scarcely six years old, during a visit which she paid to his mother, when the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child gave as a See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason for his liking for Mrs Cockburn that she was a " virtuoso like himself." Mrs Cockburn died on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1794 .

See her Letters and Memorials . . . , with notes by T . See also:

• CRAIG, JOHN (1512 ?-1600)
• CRAIG, SIR THOMAS (c. 1538–1608)

Craig See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown (1900) .