'Colonel' Anne Mackintosh 1723-1787 Off To War When Hubby's Back Is Turned
As a young lady of twenty-two she raised around 300 men on behalf of Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion in 1745. They joined up with the Jacobite army in time for the Battle of Falkirk. She clearly did not see eye to eye with her husband, Aeneas Mackintosh of Mackintosh, for he had left some time before to command a company of militia for the British government. Seized from Moy Hall (her home) after Culloden, she was imprisoned by the government for a brief time, but two years later she danced at a ball with 'Butcher' Cumberland. It is said that at that ball, after dancing with the 'Butcher', she remarked "I've danced to your tune. Will you dance to mine?" Then, at her request, the band played 'Old Stewarts Back Again' and they danced to that.