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Mary Bethune Abbott

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Mary Abbott
Undated photo of Abbott
BornMary Martha Bethune
(1823-10-17)October 17, 1823
DiedFebruary 25, 1898(1898-02-25) (aged 74)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Known forSpouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
Spouse John Abbott ​ ​(m. 1849; died 1893)
Children8
Parents

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

Family

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.

See also

References

  1. Heather Robertson, More Than a Rose. Doubleday Canada, 1992. ISBN 9780770425258. p. 106.
  2. "ARCHIVED - Abbott-Biography-First Among Equals".
Spouses of the prime minister of Canada
See also
List of royal consorts of Canada
Viceregal consort of Canada


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