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Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (gardener)

Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (gardener)
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)

Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort also known by her other married name of Mary Seymour, Lady Beauchamp and her maiden name Mary Capell, was an English noblewoman, gardener and botanist. Among her introductions to British gardening are Pelargonium zonale, Ageratum species and Passiflora caerulea.

16 December 1630

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