 She had persuaded her husband, General Sir Charles Asgill, in Command of the Dublin Garrison at the time, that since a Lady (Queen Marie Antoinette of France) had saved his life, that he must, therefore, save the life of William Farrell who faced the gallows on account of his part in the Irish Uprising of 1798.Farrell was thus spared the gallows, but was deported for seven years.Asgill's story seems to have gone full circle as a consequence.