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Eaton, Margaret (Peggy) (born O'Neale)

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Eaton, Margaret (Peggy) (born O'Neale) (1796-1879)

US socialite. Her second husband, John Henry Eaton, was appointed secretary of war 1829; it was reported that she had been Eaton's lover while her first husband was alive, and wives of cabinet minsters refused to recognize her. President Jackson accordingly reorganized his cabinet, favouring Van Buren, an associate of Margaret Eaton. She was popular in Madrid society when her husband was ambassador to Spain 1836-40.


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