Tag: Frank Adam

My father the bagpiper – part 4

My father the bagpiper – part 4

Continuing the story of James McHardy, second piper to Queen Victoria from 1878 until 1881. Edith Paterson (nee McHardy), the younger daughter of McHardy – ‘the Piper’ – was the author of the booklet of her father’s life. Brought up in the Alford area of Donside, Aberdeenshire, she became an […]