King, Isabel Grace Mackenzie (1843–1917)
King, Isabel Grace Mackenzie (1843–1917)
Canadian mother of a prime minister. Born Feb 6, 1843, in New York; died Dec 18, 1917; dau. of William Lyon Mackenzie (known as the "Rebel of Upper Canada" who took part in the unsuccessful Rebellion of 1837) and Isabel Baxter Mackenzie; m. John King (lawyer), 1872 (died 1916); children: Isabel Christina Grace (Bella, 1873–1915), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950, prime minister of Canada, 1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48), Janet Lindsey (Jennie, b. 1876), Dougall Macdougall (Max, b. 1878).
Had an enormous impact on the thinking and political views of her son, the prime minister, and was the only woman who ever occupied a place of any real significance in his life.
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