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MacDonald, Flora
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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