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| | Flora Macdonald- Famous Scots From Virtual Scotland |
 | | Flora Macdonald (1722-90) was born in Milton, South Uist, Flora was the daughter of Ronald Macdonald, a tacksman (holder of a grant of clan land) but left her an orphan when only a year old. |
 | | Flora MacDonald's mother married a Macdonald of Annadale, in Skye, who, at the time of the Rebellion, commanded one of the militia companies raised on the island by Sir Alexander Macdonald for the services of the government. |
 | | Flora MacDonald and her family returned to Skye, where she died, March 4th, 1790, leaving a son, Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald of the Royal Clan Alpin Regiment, an able writer on military tactics and telegraphy; and a daughter, married to Macleod of Skye. |
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