Earl of Southesk

James Carnegie, ninth Earl of Southesk (1827–1905), was a Scottish peer, traveller and poet. He made his name with the verse tale Jonas Fisher (1875), followed by Greenwood's Farewell (1876), The Meda Maiden (1877) and The Burial of Isis (1884).

Lyra Celtica prints his lyric 'November's Cadence'.