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MacDonald, Flora

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MacDonald, Flora (1722–90). Born on South Uist, but educated in Edinburgh, Flora's help was enlisted during a visit to the island of Benbecula for Charles Edward Stuart's escape to Skye, after Culloden. She crossed the Minch with a manservant and ‘an Irish spinning maid, Betty Burke’; the party then travelled from Kilbride to Portree for a boat to take Charles to Raasay.

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MacDonald, Flora

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MacDonald, Flora (1722–90) Scottish Jacobite heroine. She aided Charles Edward STUART's escape from Scotland, after his defeat at Culloden in 1746, by smuggling him over to the Isle of Skye in a small boat under the eyes of government forces.

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Macdonald, Flora

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Macdonald, Flora (1722–90) Scottish Jacobite heroine. After the battle of Culloden (1746), Macdonald smuggled the Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart, to Skye, disguised as her maid. From there, he sailed safely to Europe.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel. Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 7/1/1994
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	WHAT MAKES YOU A SCOT?; Race case judge says it's Culloden, Flodden and Flora... Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/12/2000