Flora MacDonald
| Flora MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | Milton, South Uist, Scotland |
| Died | |
| Nationality | Scotland |
| Known for | Jacobitism |
Macdonald, Flora,
1722–90, Scottish Jacobite heroine. She aided Charles Edward StuartStuart or Stewart, Charles Edward,1720–88, claimant to the British throne, b. Rome. First son of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender), he was known as Bonnie Prince Charlie and as the Young Pretender.
..... Click the link for more information. , known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, to escape to France after the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden Moor in 1746. For smuggling the prince, disguised as a woman, to the Isle of Skye, she was imprisoned briefly in the Tower of London. Later she was visited by many celebrities, including Dr. Samuel Johnson (1773). Her romantic aid to the prince is commemorated in Highland ballad and legend.