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Mar 5, 2018 · Flora MacDonald, the ultimate heroine of the Jacobite cause, died on March 5, 1790 with 3,000 mourners attending her funeral on Skye where more than 300 gallons of whisky were reportedly drunk.
History aficionados may well know the story of the Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), who played a crucial role in helping Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788) – known as Bonnie Prince Charlie – escape from Scotland following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden in 1746. As the story goes, Flora asked Charles to dress as her lady's maid before embarking on a boat towards the ...
Flora MacDonald famously helped Charles Edward Stuart escape Scotland after the 1745 rising was crushed. A silver snuffbox, a treasured heirloom of her clan, links the romantic pair.
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Flora Macdonald was a Scottish Jacobite heroine who helped Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, the Stuart claimant to the British throne, to escape from Scotland after his defeat in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745–46.
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One of the most romantic characters in Scottish history, Flora MacDonald is famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland after the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
Flora MacDonald’s statement on the escape of Charles Edward Stuart from South Uist (Outer Hebrides) to Skye, 12 July 1746. She gives details on how his escape was managed, his disguise and...
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Flora MacDonald [a] (1722 – 5 March 1790) is best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her family had generally backed the government during the 1745 Rising , and MacDonald later claimed to have assisted Charles out of sympathy for his situation.
