Skene was born in Fyvie, Scotland, United Kingdom on 17 June 1837.
Another folk song, Andrew Lammie, tells of the doomed love of a local miller's daughter, Annie, for Lord Fyvie's trumpeter.
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A folk song The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie tells of a captain of dragoons who dies for the love of a Fyvie girl.
F. F. Bruce (Frederick Fyvie Bruce) (1910–1990), Scottish Biblical scholar
In recent years, the castle grounds have hosted an annual Fyvie Live music festival in August, which was headlined in 2011 by Beverley Knight and in 2012 by Sophie Ellis Bextor.