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Mary Bethune Abbott

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Mary Abbott
Undated photo of Abbott
Born
Mary Martha Bethune

(1823-10-17)October 17, 1823
DiedFebruary 25, 1898(1898-02-25) (aged 74)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Spouse
(m. 1849; died 1893)
Children8
Parent(s)John Bethune
Elizabeth Hallowell

Mary Martha Bethune, Lady Abbott (October 17, 1823 – February 25, 1898) was the wife of Sir John Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada.[1]

Family

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Bethune was the daughter of Anglican clergyman and McGill acting president John Bethune. She and John Abbott married on July 26, 1849 and had four sons and four daughters. Mary and John Abbott are maternal great-grandparents of actor Christopher Plummer.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Heather Robertson, More Than a Rose. Doubleday Canada, 1992. ISBN 9780770425258. p. 106.
  2. ^ "ARCHIVED - Abbott-Biography-First Among Equals".