Born 1722
South Uist, Hebrides
Died March 4, 1790
Kingsburgh, Scotland

Musician

"Her name will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honor."
A quote engraved on a monument at Macdonald's gravesite
Portrait: Flora Macdonald. Reproduced by permission of the Granger Collection, New York.

Flora 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. As a result of that adventure, Macdonald has been celebrated in many songs and legends. Macdonald later moved to America, where she took part in unsuccessful British efforts to defeat the American colonists in the Revolutionary War (1775–83).

Flora Macdonald was born in 1722 on Milton Farm in South Uist (pronounced YEW-ist) in the Hebrides (pronounced HEB-ruh-deez), a group of Scottish islands west of Scotland. Her last name is...