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from 1734 to 1736, was an Anglo-Irish peer. He inherited large estates in
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By the time of his succession, the family's lands in
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Abercorn continued to repurchase old family lands in
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on 20 April 1756, where he had inherited extensive lands. In 1760 he commissioned
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on 10 October 1729. On 22 March 1736 he was summoned to the
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427:"Obituary of considerable persons"
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30:The Earl of Abercorn
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