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5 de dic. de 2023 · Flora Macdonald. (1722-1790), Jacobite heroine. Sitter in 8 portraits. The daughter of an Outer Hebrides farmer, Flora Macdonald met Prince Charles Edward Stuart as he fled the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Flora helped him escape by boat to the Isle of Skye by disguising him as her maidservant. She was subsequently arrested and brought to London ...
Flora MacDonald married her kinsman, Allan MacDonald of Kingsburgh, in 1750. They farmed at Flodigarry, Skye, until financial difficulties forced them to emigrate to North Carolina, USA, in 1774. They travelled with three of their seven children, as well as their son-in-law and two young grandchildren.
Flora, born in 1722, was the daughter of a tacksman, a substantial tenant, of the chief, MacDonald of Clanranald, and therefore a member of a staunchly Jacobite clan. On his death, her mother married a MacDonald of Sleat from Skye, and Lady Clanranald herself effectively adopted Flora.
15 de oct. de 2021 · Flora MacDonald (1926–2015) was a Canadian politician and humanitarian and Canada's first female minister of foreign affairs. Geoffrey Stevens (1940–2023) was a political columnist, former managing editor of the Globe and Mail and Maclean's, and author of The Player: The Life and Times of Dalton Camp.
22 de dic. de 2022 · In traditional narratives Flora Macdonald is often depicted as a humble peasant girl, but she was actually a cultured young woman from an influential family on the Outer Hebrides. In 1746, as Government forces scoured the Hebrides in search of Prince Charles Edward, Flora helped the fugitive leader to reach Skye, disguised as her Irish maid, Betty Burke.
Flora MacDonald ( Gaelic: Fionnghal nic Dhòmhnaill ); (1722 – 5 March 1790) wis a memmer o the Macdonalds o Sleat, that gied help tae Charles Edward Stuart tae evade govrenment sodgers efter the Battle o Culloden in Apryle 1746. Her faimily supportit the govrenment durin the 1745 Rising an Flora later claimt tae hiv assistit Charles oot o ...
About Flora Macdonald: “Pretty Young Rebel”. A captivating biography of the remarkable young Scotswoman whose bold decision to help “Bonnie” Prince Charlie—the Stuart claimant to the British throne—evade capture and flee the country has become the stuff of legend.
