BURNETT, Helen ¹

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Helen married George BURNET 3rd of Kemnay, Provost of Inverurie, son of Thomas BURNET 2nd of Kemnay, Political Philosopher and Elizabeth BRICKENDEN, about 1734.¹ (George BURNET 3rd of Kemnay, Provost of Inverurie was born on 29 September 1714 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"George Burnett of Kemnay, Thomas's only son, married (1), at the age of 20, the daughter of his cousin and guardian, Sir Alexander Burnett of Leys, a lady whose worth and accomplishments were long remembered in the country, and have been celebrated in verse. The following lines describing her, after the fashion of the day, under a pseudonym of 'Peggy,' occur in a poem called 'Don,' said to have been originally written in 1655, but reprinted with addenda, and dedicated to Hugh Rose of (? Kilravock), by a Colonel Forbes, in 1742 : -

' Mind Kemnay's seat, how beautifully placed.

With shady woods and flowery gardens graced ;

See how the feathered choir extend their throats

By nature taught - hark how they swell their notes.

Yet when fair Peggy, mistress of the grove,

Joins her sweet voice to sing the praise of love.

The birds sit listening to the wondrous song;

The river calms and smoothly glides along ;

The gentle zephyrs with her tresses play,

And from her balmy breath steal sweets away."

The lady died 21st September, 1750."

from Family of Burnett ¹