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portrait of flora macdonald by allan ramsay 4 march 1790 kingsburgh , isle of skye milton , south uist , scotland scotland flora macdonald 1722 jacobitism appletons ' mcdonald flora signature.png floramacdonald2.jpg flora macdonald
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flora macdonald

flora macdonald -lrb- gaelic : `` fionnghal nic dhòmhnaill '' ; 1722 -- 4 march 1790 -rrb- , jacobite heroine , was the daughter of ranald macdonald of milton on the island of south uist in the outer hebrides of scotland , and his wife marion , the daughter of angus macdonald .
her father died when she was a child , and her mother was abducted and married by hugh macdonald of armadale , skye .
she was brought up under the care of the chief of her clan , the macdonalds of clanranald her father 's cousin , and was partly educated in edinburgh .
throughout her life she was a practising presbyterian .
