Mary Bethune Abbott Explained

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]

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Heather Robertson, More Than a Rose. Doubleday Canada, 1992. . p. 106.
  2. Web site: ARCHIVED - Abbott-Biography-First Among Equals.