The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 8, Number 3, Spring 2020 | Page 106

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Sawney;---- the news of which
afflicted her Father in to affecting
a manner, that he took to his bed,
and died of grief in about eight
days after. 61
Ray uses this tidbit of gossip to insinuate
more into the relationship between
Jenny Cameron of Glendessery, and
Prince Charles Stuart. He described
her manner of dress, the horse she rode
at the head of the Cameron force she
raised for the Stuart army, and “instead
of a whip, she carried a naked sword in
her hand.” 62 According to Ray, Charles
spent many hours in the company of
Jenny, calling her “Colonel Cameron”
and would “caress her more than ordinary.”
63 Little is truly known about Jenny
Cameron of Glendessery. Still, Ray
wrote that Jenny “continued with the
army ‘til they marched into England,”
a false statement, as was his claim that
Cumberlands men captured and imprisoned
her at Edinburgh Castle in
May of 1745. 64
Maggie Craig, the author of
Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of
the ‘45, explained that the name Jenny
Cameron was a popular name. 65 Craig’s
investigation led to at least two different
Jean or Jenny Camerons supporting
Charles Stuart. Jenny Cameron of
Glendessery would have been roughly
forty-six years old at the time of the
‘45, and surely not a choice for a handsome
young prince to choose for a mistress.
66 The Forbes Papers, included in
the book, The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. I
bolster the claim of Jenny’s Cameron’s
age, stating, “Jeanie Cameron, as she
is commonly though very improperly
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