Colonel Anne died in Leith in 1784, aged 61, and was buried in North Leith Churchyard, close to the beautiful Water of Leith. No gravestone has survived, only a metal plaque which commemorates her and some others buried there (see below).
We propose to put that right by getting a free-standing stone installedin the churchyard in her honour.
The existingmemorial plaque hidden under a rose bush
Transcription:
"MANY OF THE SURVIVING GRAVESTONES
REFLECT LEITH’S MARITIME HISTORY.
AMONGST THOSE BURIED HERE ARE
THE GRANDPARENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
PRIME MINISTER W. E. GLADSTONE,
THE JACOBITE HEROINE
“COLONEL ANNE” LADY MACKINTOSH,
WHO RAISED A REGIMENT FOR PRINCE CHARLIE
IN THE 1745 RISING, AND THE REV DAVID JOHNSTON
WHO FOUNDED THE BLIND ASYLUM IN 1793"
