Mary Bettans (?–?), was a fashionable British dressmaker. She was the official royal dressmaker of

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. Mary Bettans had her establishment at 84 Jermyn Street in London. In 1841, her business was described as "well conducted establishment" with journeywomen, in-door apprentices and improvers. Bettans had a long association with Victoria, making mourning clothes for her on the death of her father in 1820, as well as her

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twenty years later. In the 1846 official calendar, Elizabeth Johnston had the title "Dress Maker Extraordinary" while Mary Bettans was called "Court Dress and Dress Maker". They were not the queen's only dressmaker, as she was also known to be the client of the House of Creed as well as John Redfern.

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