Mary Bethune Abbott
Wife of Sir John Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada

Mary Bethune Abbott

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Wife of Sir John Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada
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17 October 1823
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25 February 1898(Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Canada)
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Mary Abbott, Lady Abbott (née Bethune; October 17, 1823 – February 25, 1898) was the wife of Sir John Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada.

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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.