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144:
120:County Louth
76:Succeeded by
65:
1399:1932 deaths
1394:1844 births
1345:Denis Henry
1230:John Monroe
1200:Hugh Holmes
1110:John George
845:John Temple
582:1803–2005:
527:31 December
501:"No. 27866"
434:Granted by
393:King's Inns
278:King's Inns
248:Enniskillen
240:Glenwilliam
179:introducing
1388:Categories
1215:John Naish
955:John Toler
935:John Scott
900:John Bowes
780:John Bathe
709:1895–1905
655:1890–1892
475:References
457:Supporters
451:Escutcheon
187:April 2008
162:references
1419:Law lords
985:Henry Joy
920:John Gore
354:life peer
318:Home Rule
314:Fermanagh
288:in 1888.
66:In office
1373:Category
1180:Hugh Law
364:Limerick
310:Unionist
242:Castle,
232:Drogheda
116:Drogheda
579:Hansard
540:Sources
326:Ireland
175:improve
124:Ireland
397:Dublin
385:London
164:, but
682:1892
463:Motto
445:Crest
431:Notes
348:as a
622:1906
618:1895
611:for
529:2022
403:Arms
371:and
352:and
324:and
130:Died
110:Born
1390::
503:.
438:,
399:.
395:,
383:,
360:,
250:,
234:,
215:PC
212:,
122:,
118:,
33:PC
746:e
739:t
732:v
620:–
531:.
200:)
194:(
189:)
185:(
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