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Nithsdale's welcome hame

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Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/02/80
Alt. number
3.6235
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Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)
Recipient
Constable, Lady Winifred Maxwell

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Description

Nithsdale's welcome hame. 2 eight-line verses.

Robert Burns wrote this poem for Lady Winifred Maxwell Constable (1736 - 1801) in celebration of her illustrious Jacobite family. William Maxwell, the 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was forced to forfeit his lands and title to the Crown following his involvement in the 1715 Rebellion. Both were restored to his son, the 6th Earl, and subsequently his granddaughter Winifred.

Winifred had married William Haggerston Constable in 1758 and moved back to Scotland to rebuild her ancestral home near Kirkudbright, Terreagles. It was here that Burns visited her several times and was inspired to write this poem for her.

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  1. Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs ( )
  2. Nithsdale's welcome hame