the death of her husband, she became involved with a Captain Ross of the Scots Greys. Forever afterwards, she was known in the regiment as "Mother Ross". She never married Captain Ross, instead marrying another dragoon of the Scots Greys, Hugh Jones, three months after the Battle of Malplaquet. Jones would die at the Siege of Saint-Venant in 1710. Return from the continent In 1712, as the War of Spanish Succession was winding down, Cavanagh returned home with the troops. Because of her extraordinary tale, she was presented at court to Queen Anne. Queen Anne granted her a bounty of £50 and a shilling a day for the rest of her life as a pension. Finally returning to Dublin in 1713, she married for the third and final time. Her third husband, like the rest, was a soldier. His name was Davies. She lived in Dublin for some years, opening a new pub but her years in the army had left her and her husband unsuited to settled life. For many years, they moved about England and Ireland, making a living through a variety of jobs as well as her celebrity status among the military. Eventually, she was admitted to the Royal Hospital Chelsea as one of its pensioners. Mrs Davies was buried, at her request, with full military honours with other military pensioners at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. References 1667 births 1739 deaths Female duellists Female wartime cross-dressers Women in the British Army Irish women in business Women in 17th-century warfare Royal Scots Greys soldiers 18th-century Irish businesspeople Chelsea Pensioners Irish duellists Military personnel from Dublin (city)