Charles Spence (1779-1869) was a Scottish poet, stonemason and footman.
The Bard of Gowrie; the Poet of the Carse.
Spence was born in the parish of Kinfauns, spent most of his life in Rait and died in Manchester.
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Another favourite Spence poem was entitled: 'My love's window'.
References
- Robert Chambers, The Threiplands of Fingask, 1880.
- Rev. James M'Turk Strachan, BD, FRSA (Scot), From the Braes of the Carse, Charles Spence's Poems and Songs, 1898.
:(Strachan was 48 years minister at Kilspindie & died in 1936).
- Lawrence Melville, The Fair Land of Gowrie, William Culross & Son, Coupar Angus, 1939 (reprinted 1975).
- P. R. Drummond, FSA, [Peter Robert Drummond (1802-1879)] Perthshire in bygone days: one hundred biographical essays, W. B. Whittingham & Son, London, 1879. (Charles Spence, is described on pages 293-309)