Mary Bethune Abbott
Canadian politician
John Abbott
(m. 1849; died 1893)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
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]
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- Agnes Macdonald
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- Mary Abbott
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- Frances Tupper
- Zoé Laurier
- Laura Borden
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- Maryon Pearson
- Margaret Trudeau
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- Aline Chrétien
- Sheila Martin
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- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
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