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Maria Riddell
Born1772[1]
Died1808[1]
Occupation(s)Author and Housewife[1][2]

Maria Riddell nee Maria Banks Woodley was a close friend and supporter of Robert Burns, an author and second wife of Walter Riddell of Glenriddell, younger brother of Robert Riddell of Friars Carse.[1]

Life, family and character

Maria was the yougest daughter of William Woodley, Governor of the Leeward Islands.[1] She Married Walter Riddell in the Leewards and the couple purchased the old Holm Estate in Troqueer Parish, Nithsdale, re-named Goldielea Estate, that Walter again renamed Woodley Park from 1792 to 1794[3] in his wife's honour.[1][3]

Robert Burns

Walter owned sugar plantations in the West Indies however he was forced to sell Woodley Park back to Colonel Goldie having failed to raised the final payment on the property.[4][1] The couple moved to Tinwald House[4] and then Halleaths near Lochmaben.[1] On the death of her husband she was left in a dire financial situation.[1]

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"At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer,
And plenty of bacon each day in the year;
We've a'thing that's nice, and mostly in season,
But why always Bacon — Come, tell me the reason?"

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"Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life,
The crouching vassal to a tyrant wife!
Who has no will but by her high permission,
Who has not sixpence but in her possession;
Who must to he, his dear friend's secrets tell,
Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit or I'd break her heart;
I'd charm her with the magic of a switch,
I'd kiss her maids, and kick the perverse bitch".


Association with Robert Burns

Prior to moving into Woodley Park, Maria and Walter stayed at Friars' Carse and it was there that she first met Burns circa December 1791, by which time he had moved to Dumfries and was an infrequent visitor.[3]

At the 1793 date of the 'Rape of the Sabines' incident Walter Riddell was in the West Indies, returning in March 1794.[4]


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When wild war's deadly blast was blawn,
And gentle peace returning,
Wi' mony a sweet babe fatherless,
And mony a widow mourning;
I left the lines and tented field,
Where lang I'd been a lodger,
My humble knapsack a' my wealth,
A poor and honest sodger.


Chorus

You're welcome, Willie Stewart,
You're welcome, Willie Stewart,
There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May,
That's half sae welcome's thou art!

Come, bumpers high, express your joy,
The bowl we maun renew it,
The tappet hen, gae bring her ben,
To welcome Willie Stewart, &c.

May foes be strang, and friends be slack,
Ilk action, may he rue it,
May woman on him turn her back,
That wrangs thee, Willie Stewart,

Correspondence with Robert Burns

On 12 January 1794 Burns wrote saying "If it is true, that 'Offences come only from the heart' - before you I am guiltless: To admire, esteem, prize and adore you, as a most accomplished of women, & the first of friends - if these are crimes, I am the most offending thing alive."[1]

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Westwood, Peter (1938). Who's Who in the World of Robert Burns. Robert Burns World Federation. p. 119.
  2. ^ McQueen, Colin (2009). Hunter's Illustrated History of the Family, Friends and Contemporaries of Robert Burns. Messrs Hunter McQueen & Hunter. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-9559732-0-8.
  3. ^ a b c Mackay, James (1988). Burns Lore of Dumfries and Galloway. Alloway. p. 159. ISBN 0-907526-36-5.
  4. ^ a b c Mackay, James (1988). Burns Lore of Dumfries and Galloway. Alloway. p. 160. ISBN 0-907526-36-5.
  5. ^ Purdie, David (2013). Maurice Lindsay's The Burns Encyclopaedia. Robert Hale. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7090-9194-3.
  6. ^ Douglas, William (1938). The Kilmarnock Edition of the Poetical Works of Robert Burns. The Scottish Daily Express. p. 32.
  7. ^ a b Purdie, David (2013). Maurice Lindsay's The Burns Encyclopaedia. Robert Hale. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7090-9194-3. Cite error: The named reference "petysn" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ Wood, Rog (2011). Upper Nithsdale Folklore. Creedon. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-907931-03-1.
  9. ^ Watson, R. (1901). Closeburn (Dumfriesshire). Reminiscent, Historic & Traditional. Inglis Ker & Co. p. 132.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference pesxtn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Further reading

  1. Brown, Hilton (1949). There was a Lad. London : Hamish Hamilton.
  2. Burns, Robert (1839). The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. London : William Pickering.
  3. De Lancey Ferguson, J. (1931). The Letters of Robert Burns. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
  4. Douglas, William Scott (Edit.) 1938. The Kilmarnock Edition of the Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Glasgow : The Scottish Daily Express.
  5. Hecht, Hans (1936). Robert Burns. The Man and His Work. London : William Hodge.
  6. Mackay, James A. (2004). Burns. A Biography of Robert Burns. Darvel : Alloway Publishing. ISBN 0907526-85-3.
  7. Mackay, James A. (1988). Burns-Lore of Dumfries amd Galloway. Ayr : Alloway Publishing. ISBN 0-907526-36-5.
  8. McIntyre, Ian (2001). Robert Burns. A Life. New York : Welcome Rain Publishers. ISBN 1-56649-205-X.
  9. McNaught, Duncan (1921). The Truth about Robert Burns. Glasgow : Maclehose, Jackson & Co. ISBN 9781331593317
  10. McQueen, Colin Hunter (2008). Hunter's Illustrated History of the Family, Friends and Contemporaries of Robert Burns. Messsrs Hunter McQueen & Hunter. ISBN 978-0-9559732-0-8
  11. Purdie, David, McCue & Carruthers, G (2013). Maurice Lindsay's The Burns Encyclopaedia. London : Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7090-9194-3
  12. Ross Roy, G. (1985). Letters of Robert Burns. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

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