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    • Mary Seacole

    Jamaican-British businesswoman (1805–1881)

    "Seacole" redirects here. For other people with the surname, see Seacole (surname).

    The Honourable

    Mary Seacole

    OM

    Seacole, c. 1850

    Born

    Mary Jane Grant


    (1805-11-23)23 November 1805

    Kingston, British Jamaica

    Died14 May 1881(1881-05-14) (aged 75)

    Paddington, London, England

    Other namesMother Seacole
    Occupations
    • Hotelier
    • boarding house keeper
    • author
    • world traveller
    • nurse
    Known forAssistance to sick and wounded military personnel during Crimean War
    Spouse

    Edwin Seacole

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    (m. 1836; died 1844)​
    HonoursOrder of Merit (Jamaica; posthumous, 1990)

    Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant;[1][2][3] 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman.

    Seacole was born in Kingston to a Creole mother who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skill