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Flora MacDonald è commemorata da una statua di bronzo nel castello di Inverness (sul Castle Hill, anche noto come Castle Wynd), progettata da Andrew Davidson, eretta nel 1896. La "Flora MacDonald's Fancy" è un ballo delle Highlands scozzesi coreografato in suo onore, presumibilmente basato su una danza che ella eseguì per Bonnie Prince Charlie. È noto per i suoi passi e movimenti graziosi.
7 ott 2019 · Flora MacDonald è considerata l’eroina delle Highlands scozzesi per eccellenza. Dopo Mary Stuart, regina di Scozia, è il personaggio femminile più amato e popolare della storia scozzese. Non è certo un caso sia la protagonista di molte canzoni popolari, che diverse associazioni portino il suo nome e venga immortalata in diverse statue.
Flora MacDonald 1722 to 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.
Flora Macdonald (born 1722, Milton, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scot.—died March 5, 1790, Kingsburgh House, Skye, Inner Hebrides) 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.
Flora MacDonald died on 5th March 1790 and is buried at Kilmuir on Skye, her body wrapped in a sheet in which Bonnie Prince Charlie had slept. Samuel Johnson’s tribute to her is engraved on her memorial: ‘Flora MacDonald. Preserver of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
29 mag 2018 · Flora Macdonald. Born 1722. South Uist, Hebrides. Died March 4, 1790. Kingsburgh, Scotland. Musician. F lora Macdonald became famous in Scotland and England by helping Charles Edward Stuart escape from his enemies in Scotland in 1746. Stuart believed himself to be legally entitled to become King of England.
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 where he stayed. (SP 54/32 f.49E). Transcript. Copy of the Declaration of Miss MacDonald, Apple Cross Bay, July 12th 1746. Miss Mc. Donald, Daughter in Law ...
