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"FLORENCE ST. JOHN (1854-1912), English actress, whose maiden name was Greig, was born at Tavistock, Devon, March 8 1854. She was three times married, first to Mr. St. John, R.N., secondly to Lithgow James, and lastly to C. D. Marius, both on the stage. Her first appearance was in 1868, and she subsequently played in a very large number of light operas, winning special success as Germaine in Les Cloches de Corneville and in Madame Favart. In 1902 she abandoned opera for drama, playing Nell Gwynne in English Nell and other comedy parts. She retired in 1910 and died in London Jan. 30 1912.