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Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh ( 1723 - 1787 ) was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus , Chief of the Clan MacKintosh . Born in 1723 to John Farquharson of Invercauld, chief of the Clan Farquharson and staunch Jacobite. She was married to Angus Mackintosh, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. During the 1745 Jacobite Uprising , Angus left to join the Government forces attempting to crush the uprising. He served as a captain in the Black Watch regiment. Despite her husband both supporting and fighting for the Government, Anne set about raising the Clan Mackintosh and the Chattan Confederation to fight for the Jacobite cause under Prince Charles Edward Stuart . She soon had amassed a regiment of over 800 armed clansmen. As women could not command in the field, the regiment was placed under the command of MacGillivray of Dunmaglass . Her husband, Angus, was captured at the Battle Of Prestonpans and was paroled to his wife. She famously greeted him with the words, "Your servant, captain" to which he replied, "your servant, colonel" thereby giving her the nickname "Colonel Anne". She was also called ''La Belle Rebelle'' (the beautiful rebel) by the Prince himself. Soon after the Battle Of Falkirk the Prince was staying at Moy Hall , Lady Anne's home. She received a message from her mother-in-law that a Government force of around 1,500 was moving towards the area. Anne sent five of her staff out with guns to crash about and shout clan battle cries to trick the Government forces into thinking they were about to face the entire Jacobite army. The ploy worked and the Government force fled. The event became known as The Rout of Moy. After the Battle Of Culloden , Lady Anne was arrested and turned over to the care of her mother-in-law for a time. She later met the Duke Of Cumberland at a social event in London with her husband. He asked her to dance to a pro-Government tune and she returned the favour by asking him to dance to a Jacobite tune. She died in 1787. |
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