Agnes Macdonald
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Susan Agnes Macdonald née Bernard (August 24, 1836 – September 5, 1920) was the second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. She was granted the title Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe following her husband's death in 1891.
She was born in Jamaica to the Honurable T. J. Bernard and his wife, Theodora Foulks. She was raised there and in England before she came to Canada with her mother to live with her brother, Hewitt, a lawyer. It was through him that she met Sir John A. Macdonald. They married on February 16, 1867 and had one daughter, Margaret Mary Theodora Macdonald, who was severly handicapped both mentally and physiclly (1869-1933).
Known as Agnes, she died in England and was buried in the Ocklynge Cemetery in Eastbourne, a city just south of London.
See also: Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada.