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She was born in Carmarthen, the daughter of Jonathan Scurlock, Sheriff of Carmarthen.
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Mary Steele
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Prior to this, Mary had been unsuccessfully sued for breach of promise by a man named Henry Owen, whom she accused of being a fortune-hunter. Over the period of twelve years until her death, Steele wrote over 400 letters to Prue. However, the marriage was a stormy one, and for much of it, Steele was in London and Mary in Wales.
By the time of her death, she was seriously considering a permanent separation because Steele drank heavily and was constantly in debt.
The Scurlock family property passed in due course to the Steeles" daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Trevor, 3rd Baron Trevor.
