Mary Abbott | |
Birth Name: | Mary Martha Bethune |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1823 |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Children: | 8 |
Parents: | 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]
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]