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Professor Royal Biology Society Dr Roger L H Dennis BA, PhD, DSc (Dunelm) FLS, FRSB, FGS, FRES and Cyril T H Dennis Esq., BSc, BA, MA, VetMB, MRCVS (Camb) ), daughters Mary [grandson: Martin Peel Esq. and Primrose) until 1948 when he retired to the dower house, Park House Villa in the grounds where he died in 1964). The family holds two coats of Arms, the Dennis Family reflecting their link with the
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