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DICTIONARY

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CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY:

A Handbook of the Peerage

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RANK, WORTH, AND INTELLECT.

CONTAINING

MEMOIRS OF NEARLY ONE THOUSAND EMINENT

LIVING INDIVIDUALS.

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RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

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